SENATE REPUBLICANS TELL CHOPRA HE SHOULD BE DISQUALIFIED FROM CFPB NOMINATION FOR REFUSAL TO ANSWER QUESTIONS
- Senate Republicans are calling for Rohit Chopra to be disqualified from consideration as the next Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau after he refused to provide answers to questions that he was sent following the publication of a report detailing how the Biden administration is attempting to “sideline” top officials at the regulator.
JUDGE GRANTS MSJ FOR DEFENDANT IN FDCPA CLASS ACTION FOR LACK OF STANDING
- Companies in the accounts receivable management industry can add “irritation,” “concern,” “feeling targeted,” and “hustled,” to the list of harms that do not create standing to sue in federal court when accusing a debt collector of violating the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act after a District Court judge in Ohio granted a defendant’s motion for summary judgment in a class action because it did not inform the recipient of a collection letter what would happen if she made a payment on a time-barred debt.
JOEL TUCKER SENTENCED TO 12 YEARS IN PRISON FOR ROLE IN DEBT SELLING SCAM
- Joel Tucker was ordered to immediately begin serving a prison term of 12.5 years yesterday and ordered to pay more than $12 million in unpaid taxes, penalties, and interest after being sentenced by a federal judge after pleading guilty to selling fake debt portfolios that earned him more than $7 million.
MASS. REGULATOR TO ALLOW WFH FOR ALL LICENSED ENTITIES, INCLUDING COLLECTORS
- The Massachusetts Division of Banks — which regulates debt collectors in the Commonwealth — has formally authorized guidance that will allow for the “continued operation for personnel to operate remotely from non-licensed locations,” meaning that companies can have employees working remotely, including from their homes.
PROVEST AND VERTICAN TECHNOLOGIES PARTNER ON Q-LAWE SOFTWARE INTEGRATION
- ProVest, an industry leader in serving legal process, announced that it is now fully integrated with Vertican’s Q-LawE platform. Vertican’s software offers many benefits, namely time savings and human data entry error elimination.
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