NDCA JUDGE GRANTS MTD IN FDCPA CASE OVER CREDITOR ID IN LETTER
- A District Court judge in California has granted a defendant’s motion to dismiss after it was sued for allegedly violating the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act because it identified the creditor and the original creditor in a letter, but did not identify the current creditor to whom the debt was owed, with the judge ruling that she lacked subject-matter jurisdiction because the plaintiff only made “scant” allegations detailing how the plaintiff was allegedly deceived.
SIXTH CIRCUIT JUMPS ON STANDING BANDWAGON, RULES ‘BARE ANXIETY’ NOT ENOUGH TO SUE UNDER FDCPA
- Joining its neighbor in the Seventh Circuit, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that confusion and anxiety are not sufficient grounds for a plaintiff to claim standing to sue in a Fair Debt Collection Practices Act case, affirming a lower court’s dismissal of a case, albeit on different grounds than what was articulated by the District Court.
CORDRAY SIGNS OFF ON POLICY MAKING IT EASIER FOR STUDENT LOAN COMPANIES, COLLECTORS TO BE INVESTIGATED
- Richard Cordray, the new head of the federal government’s student loan program, on Friday announced that the Education Department was reversing a policy that was put in place during the Trump Administration which blocked state and federal regulators from accessing records needed to investigate student loan lenders, servicers, and private collection agencies.
BILL INTRODUCED IN SENATE TO AMEND TCPA; SEEKS PRISON TIME FOR KNOWING AND WILLFUL VIOLATIONS
- A bill has been introduced in the Senate that seeks to stiffen the penalties for violations of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, including jail time for those who willfully or knowingly violate the statute while also doubling the penalty for those who are found to falsify their caller ID information.
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