GETTING TO KNOW MAKAYLA HUSSEY OF MARCAM ASSOCIATES
- What does it say about Makayla Hussey and proof that she found a home and career in the ARM industry that she has never thought about what she would be doing if she weren’t in this industry? A lover of all dogs, even ones named after hockey teams, Makayla has risen up the ladder at Marcam Associates and the sky is the limit. Read on to learn more about her, what the “3 o’clock funnies” are, and her new life that started last month. This series is sponsored by Applied Innovation.
JUDGE GRANTS DEFENDANT’S MSJ IN FDCPA CASE OVER ALLEGED SOL VIOLATION
- Questions about which statute of limitations can apply to different types of debt can plague a collection operation. Take retail-branded credit cards, for example. In the case below, there is a genuine issue whether the statute of limitations on retail-branded credit cards is four years, or six years. A District Court judge in Oregon has granted a defendant’s motion for summary judgment, ruling it is entitled to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act’s bona fide error defense because it did everything it could to try and figure out which statute of limitations applied before sending collection letters to the plaintiff — letters that did not include a disclosure that the debts were time-barred.
ELEVENTH CIRCUIT ANNOUNCES EN BANC REHEARING IN HUNSTEIN CASE
- The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals announced yesterday that the entire panel of judges will rehear arguments en banc in the Hunstein v. Preferred Management & Collections case, vacating the opinion that was issued last month, and giving the industry hope that the case may be reversed.
N.Y. HOSPITALS CALLED OUT FOR FILING LIENS ON UNPAID DEBTS
- A number of hospitals in New York state are being called out for filing liens on the homes of patients with unpaid medical debts, pointing out that the facilities collected $442 million to help them support patient financial assistance and calling the process an “extreme collection practice.”
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