Judge Grants MTD in FDCPA Case Over Attempt to Evict Disabled Individual
- A District Court judge in California has granted a defendant’s motion to dismiss the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act counts in a lawsuit filed against a collection law firm for filing a lawsuit to evict a disabled individual — the plaintiff, in this case — when the regional center that had been receiving the plaintiff’s Social Security checks and paying his rent with them stopped doing so.
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Judge Denies MTD in CFPA, FDCPA Case Brought by CFPB
- A District Court judge in New York has denied a motion to dismiss filed by the defendants that were sued by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau last year, rejecting a number of arguments put forth that the lacked standing to pursue its claims because the defendants were not covered persons under the Consumer Financial Protection Act, that they could not be held vicariously liable for violations made by collectors, and because the statute of limitations on some of the violations had expired.
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Healthcare Provider Cancels Policy of Refusing to Treat Individuals with Unpaid Debts
- Months after suspending its policy of withholding care from patients with certain amounts of medical debt, a healthcare provider in Minnesota has announced it has formally ended the policy, less than a week after the Attorney General of Minnesota announced it was investigating the provider.
- More details here.
PRA Group Announces Chief Financial Officer Transition
- PRA Group, Inc., a global leader in acquiring and collecting nonperforming loans, announced today that Pete Graham, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, has accepted a CFO role at a larger public company and is leaving the Company on September 15, 2023. Rakesh Sehgal will succeed Graham as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, in line with the Company’s succession planning.
- More details here.
Compliance Digest – August 28
- Get insights from leading legal experts — Caren Enloe, David Kaminski, Joann Needleman, Leslie Bender, David Schultz, Marissa Coyle, Jessica Klander, and Xerxes Martin — on the caselaw that is being made right now. Find out what you need to be paying attention to!
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- This series is sponsored by Bedard Law Group
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