COMPLAINT ACCUSES COLLECTOR OF VIOLATING FDCPA BY RESPONDING TO CEASE REQUEST WITH VALIDATION DOCS
- A consumer has filed a lawsuit in Georgia federal court alleging a collector violated the FDCPA because it responded to a letter where the plaintiff indicated she was refusing to pay the debt with information validating the debt, as if this were a dispute.
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APPEALS COURT AFFIRMS DISMISSAL OF FDCPA SUIT RELATED TO SERVING COMPLAINT IN PERSON DURING PANDEMIC
- The Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit has affirmed the dismissal of a Fair Debt Collection Practices Act case for lack of standing, ruling that the plaintiff was not injured when he was served in person with a collection lawsuit during the initial months of the COVID-19 pandemic nor because the defendant failed to include an additional disclosure on the summons that the 21-day period to answer the complaint had been waived because of the pandemic.
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BILLS INTRODUCED IN HOUSE, SENATE TO ABOLISH CFPB
- Not content with making small changes to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, like changing how it receives its funding or how many people are in charge, Sen. Ted Cruz [R-Texas] and Rep. Byron Donalds [R-Fla.] have introduced bills in the Senate and House of Representatives, respectively, to completely abolish the Bureau.
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CREDIT BUREAU CEOS COMMIT TO REMOVING MEDICAL DEBT FROM REPORTS IF ORDERED BY CFPB
- The chief executives of the three major credit reporting agencies yesterday testified before the Senate Banking Committee that they would exclude all medical debts from consumers’ credit reports if they were ordered to do so by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, but only if they were ordered to do so. The CEOs stood their ground despite relentless grilling from Democrats like Sen. Sherrod Brown [D-Ohio], the chair of the committee, and Sen. Elizabeth Warren [D-Mass.].
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TRANSWORLD SYSTEMS HIRES JEFF MERSMANN AS EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT
- Transworld Systems Inc. (TSI), the largest U.S. technology-enabled provider of accounts receivable management (ARM) solutions, announced today that Jeff Mersmann has joined the company as Executive Vice President.
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