FDCPA SUIT ACCUSES COLLECTOR OF FAILING TO IDENTIFY CREDITOR TO WHOM DEBT WAS OWED ON ITEMIZATION DATE
- A defendant has removed a lawsuit alleging violations of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and Regulation F originally filed in Florida state court to federal court, after it was accused of sending a Model Validation Notice that did not identify the name of the creditor to whom the debt was owed on the itemization date, even though there was a disclosure at the top of the notice that said the defendant “is a debt collector and is the creditor to whom the debt is currently owed.”
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JUDGE GRANTS MSJ FOR DEFENSE IN FDCPA, TCPA CASE OVER WRONG NUMBER CALLS
- A District Court judge in Rhode Island has granted a defendant’s motion for summary judgment after it was accused of violating the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and the Telephone Consumer Protection Act accidentally by calling the wrong individual between 12 and 18 times during a two-month span, ruling that because the plaintiff never informed the defendant that it had the wrong number or asked it to stop calling the defendant was not engaging in harassing behavior.
- More details here.
TECH COMPANY BUILDING COLLECTION PLATFORM RAISES $42M IN NEW ROUND OF FUNDING
- A company that is building a platform for creditors to automate processes for collecting on unpaid debts using artificial intelligence and machine learning has announced that it has raised an additional $42 million, bringing the total amount it has raised to $140 million.
- More details here.
REPORT CHRONICLES MEDICAL DEBT ISSUES FOR SENIORS
- Senior citizens in North Carolina and Florida are carrying more medical debt than seniors in any other state, according to the results of a recently released report, which details social threats — including economic instability — to seniors receiving healthcare.
- More details here.
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