SUPREME COURT DENIES PETITION IN FDCPA STANDING CASE
- As we await word from the Supreme Court about whether it will hear arguments in the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s funding case, the highest court in the land yesterday announced it had denied a petition from a plaintiff who had won $350,000 in a Fair Debt Collection Practices Act case, only to have it overturned for lack of standing by the Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.
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JUDGE ALLOWS IDAHO AG TO INTERVENE IN CASE CHALLENGING STATE COLLECTION LAW
- If I mention Frank Vandersloot, Idaho, and medical debt collection, that may trigger your memory of a billionaire who lobbied and advocated for the enactment of the Idaho Patient Act, a law that went into effect two years ago that cracked down on what it labeled to be “aggressive” collection of medical debts. That law is being challenged in court, and yesterday, a judge in Idaho ruled that the Idaho Attorney General will be allowed to intervene in the case in order to argue that the law is not unconstitutional.
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CONN. LAWMAKERS, AG PROPOSE NEW ANTI-ROBOCALL BILL
- The Attorney General of Connecticut is working with a bipartisan coalition of state legislators to update the state’s anti-robocall law, saying the law needs to be modernized to stay in line with communication trends and new technology.
- More details here.
21 COMPANIES SEEKING COLLECTION TALENT
- Companies like Coast Professional, Stripe, Harris & Harris, Unifund, and The Barton Law Group are among those looking to fill vacancies in their collection operations.
- The job listings are great for those looking for work and are also great tools for companies to use as sources for ideas about what to include in their own job descriptions and to see how other companies write their job ads.
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