CFPB SUES TRANSUNION, FORMER EXECUTIVE FOR VIOLATING CONSENT ORDER
- If you drew a Venn diagram of two circles, and used recent comments and announcements from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to fill them in, you would have one circle that was labeled “credit reporting agencies” and one circle that was labeled “repeat offenders.” Those are the two targets that the Bureau has put in its crosshairs. In the intersection of those two circles, I give you a lawsuit filed by the CFPB yesterday against TransUnion — a credit reporting agency — and one of its former executives, who are accused of violating a previous enforcement order to refrain from engaging in deceptive marketing regarding the credit-related products it sells.
STATE COURT JUDGE GRANTS MOTION TO COMPEL ARBITRATION IN FDCPA CASE
- In a case that was defended by the team at Gordon & Rees Scully Mansukhani, a state court judge in Wisconsin has granted a defendant’s request to compel arbitration after it was accused of violating the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and state law in Wisconsin when it did not respond to a hardship application that was submitted by the plaintiff.
PLAINTIFF FILES CLASS ACTION FDCPA, HIPAA SUIT AGAINST HOSPITAL, COLLECTION LAW FIRM
- A hospital and the collection law firm it uses have removed a class-action lawsuit filed against them to federal court in New Jersey, after they were accused of violating the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act by including the plaintiff’s health insurance policy number on documents in a collection lawsuit that were filed against the plaintiff and for attempting to recover attorney’s fees that it would statutorily have been allowed to recover had it succeeded.
24 COMPANIES SEEKING COLLECTION TALENT
- During this, The Great Resignation Era, I thought it would be helpful to start a regular posting of different jobs within the accounts receivable management industry that I have found online. This week’s post features jobs from Optio Solutions, Finvi, Resurgent Capital Services, and the CFPB to name just a few.
WORTH NOTING: A mom who went missing for 22 days and claimed to have been kidnapped admitted it was a hoax … A bill in California wants to give people overtime for working more than 32 hours in four days … Microsoft has identified a third “peak” of the day when you are likely to be most productive … You can get a dozen Krispy Kreme donuts on Wednesdays for the price of a gallon of gas … It’s just a matter of “when” not “if” for a recession … Give your back a break with these office chairs … Can a mental health chatbot help you with depression and anxiety? … The rare, overlooked disease that killed Gilbert Gottfried.
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