Judge Grants MTD in FDCPA Case With ‘Patently Frivolous’ Arguments
- A District Court judge in Pennsylvania has granted a defendant’s motion to dismiss a Fair Debt Collection Practices Act suit, ruling that the plaintiff appeared to be “acting in bad faith” because the suit contained “patently frivolous and faulty legal interpretations and arguments.”
- More details here.
Suit Challenges New Student Loan Forgiveness Plan
- A lawsuit was filed on Friday by the New Civil Liberties Alliance against the federal government, seeking to block a plan that would forgive $39 billion of student loan debt, claiming the violates the Appropriations Clause of the Constitution because only Congress has the authority to cancel debts owed to the Treasury Department.
- More details here.
Data Breaches Spike in United States During 2Q
- I know, right from the outset, that most of you are going to read this and then immediately move on to something else as soon as I mention that this is an article about cybersecurity and data breaches, but I’m going to write about it anyway. At the very least, when you’re agency is breached and I have to write about it, I can tell you that I told you so. Anyhow, the number of data breaches in the second quarter of 2023 was more than double the amount in the first three months of the year, according to data released by Surfshark, with nearly half of all data breaches occurring in the United States.
- More details here.
Compliance Digest – August 7
- The AccountsRecovery.net Compliance Digest is the only place to get breakdowns on the latest cases from leading industry experts, who tell you exactly what you need to know. This week, hear from Joann Needleman, Leslie Bender, David Schultz, Cooper Walker, and Ethan Ostroff.
- More details here.
- This series is sponsored by Bedard Law Group
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