FDCPA CLASS ACTION FILED OVER REQUIRED CONSENT STATEMENT WHEN FILING DISPUTES ONLINE
- A collector is facing a class-action Fair Debt Collection Practices Act suit for requiring individuals submitting disputes via the company’s website to consent to be communicated with via email and via voice or text messages using an automatic telephone dialing system.
- More details here.
CFPB FINES MEDICAL COLLECTOR $1.7M FOR TRYING TO COLLECT ON DISPUTED DEBTS, NOT REASONABLY INVESTIGATING DISPUTES
- The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau yesterday announced its first enforcement action in the area of medical collections, fining a medical debt collector $1.675 million for continuing to attempt to collect on debts that were not substantiated after the consumers filed disputes and for furnishing information abut the debts to the credit reporting agencies.
- More details here.
APPEALS COURT DENIES MOTION TO COMPEL ARBITRATION IN CALL FREQUENCY CASE
- The Court of Appeals for the First Circuit has affirmed the denial of a motion to compel arbitration in a case alleging a collector violated state law in Massachusetts related to call frequency caps, upholding a state Supreme Court ruling that not only are third parties not covered by arbitration provisions, but that the manner in which the collector attempted its appeal necessitated its denial.
- More details here.
PATIENTS REACT NEGATIVELY WHEN HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS SEND BILLS TO COLLECTIONS
- About 20% of consumers have had medical bills sent to a collection agency in the past year, and many of them are not happy with their providers for doing that, according to the results of a nationwide survey.
- More details here.
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