GETTING TO KNOW JUSTIN RUSSELL OF VENGROFF-WILLIAMS
- If there is one reason for the accounts receivable management industry to be thankful for the creation of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, it’s that without it, the industry likely might never have had the chance to work with Justin Russell. Russell’s beginnings in the industry may be linked to the start of the CFPB, but his tenure has been spent trying to keep his employer off the Bureau’s radar. Read on to learn more about Russell, his love of golf, and his specialty in the kitchen. This series is sponsored by Applied Innovation.
GUEST POST: STATE PUSHES FOR RESTRICTIONS ON MEDICAL DEBT — PRACTICAL GUIDANCE
- Leslie Bender, Senior Counsel at Clark Hill, has a comprehensive analysis of what is going on at the state level with respect to medical debt collection laws, including new activity in Arizona. There has been a groundswell of activity in state legislatures across the country in this area it shows no signs of slowing down.
JUDGE GRANTS MTD IN FDCPA CLASS ACTION OVER DISPUTE LANGUAGE IN LETTER
- These days, collectors are being accused as much for what they do not say in collection letters as what they do say. Take, for instance, a case out of the District Court for the District of Connecticut, in which a judge has granted a defendant’s motion to dismiss a class-action lawsuit because it said in a letter what would happen if a consumer disputed a debt in writing, but never said what would happen if the consumer disputed the debt orally.
APPEALS COURT UPHOLDS RULING FOR INSURANCE COMPANY AGAINST DEBT COLLECTOR
- A ruling that should have every debt collector going through their insurance policies to make sure they have the proper coverage … The Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit has affirmed a lower court’s ruling in favor of an insurance company that was being sued by a law firm that was accused of violating the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, ruling that the policy the law firm obtained did not cover it from the allegations made by a consumer who sued the firm.
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