MDNC JUDGE GRANTS MTD IN FDCPA CLASS ACTION
- In a case that was defended by Ethan Ostroff and the team at Troutman Pepper and Smith Debnam, a District Court judge in North Carolina has granted a defendant’s motion to compel arbitration and dismiss a class-action after it was accused of violating the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and the North Carolina Collection Agency Act by threatening legal action to collect on an unpaid credit card debt.
CALIF. DFPI ASSESSES $1.4M IN FINES AND REFUNDS AGAINST STUDENT LOAN DEBT RELIEF COMPANY
- The California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation yesterday announced it had assessed $1.4 million in fines and penalties against a student loan debt relief company that was accused of collecting illegal advance fees that are prohibited under federal law.
ALL STATE AGS ASK FCC TO MOVE UP STIR/SHAKEN COMPLIANCE DEADLINE FOR SMALL TELECOMS
- If it’s one thing that all the Attorneys General across the country — regardless of whether they are Democrat or Republican — can agree on, it is their combined hatred of illegal robocalls. AGs from all 50 states and the District of Columbia yesterday filed a joint comment seeking to have the Federal Communications Commission move up the deadline for small telecom companies to implement STIR/SHAKEN technology to help identify legitimate callers
TCPA CLASS ACTION FILED ACCUSING LENDER OF MAKING COLLECTION CALLS AFTER CONSENT ALLEGEDLY REVOKED
- A class-action lawsuit has been filed against Harley-Davidson Financial Services, accusing the lender of violating the Telephone Consumer Protection Act and the Illinois Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act because it allegedly contacted the plaintiff on her cell phone after she had revoked consent to be contacted.
ORION CAPITAL SOLUTIONS PARTICIPATES IN CHARITY RUN
- Orion Capital Solutions proudly participates in the Ronald McDonald House Charities 2021 Hybrid 5K Run again this year. Our team will continue our annual support of the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Western New York, Inc. (RMHC of WNY) by participating either virtually July 14-28 or joining the race in person on Wednesday, July 28th at 6:30pm at Buffalo, New York’s Outer Harbor.
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