ILL. STATE COURT JUDGE GRANTS MTD IN HUNSTEIN CASE
- In a case defended by the team at Martin Lyons Watts Morgan, a state court judge in Illinois has granted a defendant’s motion to dismiss a Fair Debt Collection Practices Act case over the use of a vendor to print and mail collection letters. This is the second different state court judge to rule that Hunstein cases are not the type of communications that the FDCPA was enacted to prevent.
- More details here.
APPEALS COURT AFFIRMS REASONABLENESS OF FCRA DISPUTE INVESTIGATION IN ID THEFT CASE
- The Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit has affirmed a lower court’s ruling that a furnisher performed a reasonable investigation into a consumer’s dispute, even though the charges in question were fraudulent and led to one of the consumer’s employees being charged with multiple felonies.
- More details here.
HEALTHCARE PROVIDER SUSPENDS POLICY OF CANCELING APPOINTMENTS FOR PATIENTS WITH UNPAID DEBTS
- A healthcare provider called out for withholding care from patients who have unpaid medical debts has suspended its policy, saying that it will “carefully study additional ways to educate our teams about the extensive financial services available to patients experiencing financial barriers to care.”`
- More details here.
MEANINGFUL INSIGHTS ON RECENT COURT RULINGS
- Court rulings can change how you attempt to collect on debts, so staying on top of the rulings — and what they mean — is incredibly important. Read this week’s Compliance Digest to get meaningful insight and context from Jessica Klander, Laurie Nelson, Marissa Coyle, David Shaver, Lori Quinn, and Jonathan Robbin.
- More details here.
- This series is sponsored by Bedard Law Group
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