JUDGE PARTIALLY GRANTS MSJ FOR DEFENSE IN TCPA CASE, BUT LEAVES DOOR OPEN ON CONSENT
- A District Court judge in New York has partially granted a defendant’s motion for summary judgment in a Telephone Consumer Protection Act and denied the plaintiff’s motion, in a case that illustrates possessing an individual’s cell phone number is not guaranteed to prove consent to contact that number.
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DEFENDANT IN FDCPA CLASS ORDERED TO PAY $45K IN FEES FOR NOT DISCLOSING SUBPOENAED EMPLOYEE HAD SUFFERED STROKE
- A Magistrate Court judge in New York has ordered the defendant in a Fair Debt Collection Practices Act class action case to pay $44,895 in attorney’s fees to the plaintiffs for waiting six months to disclose that one of its employees — that the plaintiffs were seeking to depose — had suffered a stroke and resigned. The plaintiffs had been seeking more than $73,000 in fees.
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MOST PEOPLE NOT PAYING BILLS FOR NON-MONETARY REASONS: SURVEY
- The fact that more Americans are living paycheck-to-paycheck these days has them focusing more on taking care of their short-term financial needs rather than doing more planning for the future, according to the results of a nationwide survey.
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20 COMPANIES SEEKING COLLECTION TALENT
- Curious who is hiring? Wonder how much people are offering? Looking for work? There are a ton of reasons why you should check out a summary of the recent job postings from across the ARM industry, all aggregated for you in one helpful spot.
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