CLASS ACTION ACCUSES DEFENDANT OF SENDING LETTERS WITH CONFLICTING SOL INFORMATION
- A class-action complaint has been filed in federal court in New York accusing a defendant of violating the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act by not being consistent in the information it provided to the plaintiff in a pair of collection notices.
- More details here.
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FTC SUES ‘WEB’ OF COMPANIES SELLING PHONY DEBT RELIEF SERVICES
- The Federal Trade Commission on Friday announced that it had filed a lawsuit against an “interconnected” group of companies and their principals, accusing them of delivering tens of millions of “phony” debt service robocalls and ringless voicemail messages in violation of the Telemarketing Sales Rule.
- More details here.
INSURANCE COMPANY DISMISSES SUIT AGAINST COLLECTOR
- An insurance company has voluntarily dismissed a lawsuit it brought against a collection operation it sued last year, seeking a declaratory judgment that it was not responsible for covering the company in a class-action lawsuit that had been filed against it.
- More details here.
UTAH LEGISLATURE ADVANCES MEDICAL DEBT RELIEF BILL
- A bill has been introduced in the Utah state legislature that would earmark $100,000 of government funds to be used to purchase unpaid medical debt of state residents and have it forgiven, similar to other programs that have been announced in cities and states across the country.
- More details here.
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