GETTING TO KNOW CHRISTY YOUNG BARGER OF CORNERSTONE SUPPORT
- That jumping on a tractor and cutting the grass is considered a guilty pleasure might be all you need to know about Christy Young Barger to really understand how important getting the job done right is to her. Whether it’s leaving her desk clean and her email inbox with zero unread emails or working tirelessly on behalf of her clients, Christy is a fierce believer in always doing the right thing. Read on to learn more about Christy, and the lengths she will go to in order to help those she works with. This series is sponsored by Applied Innovation.
JUDGE LOWERS ATTORNEY’S FEES BY 50% IN FDCPA CASE
- A District Court judge in Missouri has lowered the attorney’s fees awarded in a Fair Debt Collection Practices Act case by 50%, ruling that a “hyper-technical” violation of the statute that led a jury to award the plaintiff $200 in damages was fair and reasonable.
SENATORS CALL ON CFPB TO INVESTIGATE, REFORM CREDIT REPORTING PROCESS
- A number of leading Senate Democrats are calling on Rohit Chopra and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to “take concrete steps to reform the credit reporting industry,” including improving the accuracy of credit reports and streamlining the dispute resolution process.
HOUSEHOLD DEBT HITS NEW HIGH-WATER MARK AS DELINQUENCY RATES REMAIN AT LOW TIDE
- The total amount of household debt in the United States has topped $15 trillion for the first time, and delinquency rates on most types of consumer credit continued their downward trend — largely due to measures put into place during the COVID-19 pandemic — but there was still more than $412 billion of consumer debt that was considered to be delinquent, according to data released this week by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Also reported was the continued decline in the number of individuals who had a debt placed with a third-party collection agency.
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