Collector Facing Class-Action for Sending Emails Before 8am
- A collector is being accused of violating that Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and Regulation F in a class-action lawsuit because it allegedly sent two emails to the plaintiff at 6:02am and 6:34am local time.
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Judge Grants MTD in FDCPA Case Over Settlement Offer in Letter
- Score one for the least sophisticated debtor. A District Court judge in New Jersey has granted a defendant’s motion to dismiss after it was sued for allegedly violating the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act when it sent a letter to the plaintiff offering to delete the debt tradeline if the plaintiff made two payments equaling 45% of the balance owed.
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Appeals Court Affirms Sanctions Against Collection Attorneys Who Sued Plaintiff’s Lawyers
- If you are a regular reader of the weekly Compliance Digest, you will no doubt recall that many attorneys over the years have cautioned that seeking sanctions against plaintiff’s attorneys is usually money wasted because it’s nearly impossible to prove that an attorney was working in bad faith. The Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit has affirmed a District Court’s order granting sanctions against a collection attorney who had sued the attorneys representing the plaintiffs in a separate lawsuit filed against a pair of collection attorneys and their firm.
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The Changing Payments Landscape
- The payments landscape has been changing for a number of years now as people move away from cash and checks and move towards cards and apps. But it’s important to see that fintech companies are even winning the checking account war with banks, which underscores just how important it is for companies in the accounts receivable management industry to be at the forefront of not only understanding consumer preferences with respect to payments, but also being able to accept as many different payment methods as possible.
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