JUDGE AWARDS PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEYS $100K IN FDCPA CASE
- A District Court judge in Indiana has rejected a defendant’s request to lower the amount of attorney’s fees awarded in a Fair Debt Collection Practices Act case, because it was the defendants who prolonged the litigation until it became clear that a jury was going to determine whether a “highly sympathetic” plaintiff was entitled to damages from suffering emotional distress after being notified that her wages were being garnished for a debt owed by her ex-husband.
VA SETS NEW THRESHOLD FOR REPORTING MEDICAL DEBTS TO CREDIT BUREAUS
- The Department of Veterans Affairs has published a final rule detailing how delinquent debts owed to the VA are reported to credit reporting agencies. The new rule, which establishes a minimum threshold for what will be reported, goes into effect on March 4.
GOFUNDME HELPS THOSE WHO NEED IT ‘THE LEAST,’ RESEARCHERS CONCLUDE
- We have all seen the campaigns, on Facebook and other places, and many have likely participated, but do GoFundMe campaigns actually work when it comes to covering the costs of medical debt? A report published in the American Journal of Public Health analyzed more than 437,000 campaigns during a five-year period to reach the conclusion that medical crowdfunding “is best positioned to help in populations that need it the least.”
CFPB COMPLAINTS SET NEW RECORD, LAWSUIT TOTALS GENERALLY DECLINE IN 2021: WEBRECON
- A lot more people complained, but fewer took the step of filing lawsuits against companies in the accounts receivable management industry in 2021, according to data released this week by WebRecon.
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