Judge Grants Summary Judgment for Defense in FDCPA Case Over Local Phone Numbers
- In a case that was defended by Rick Perr and the team at Kaufman Dolowich, a District Court judge in Illinois — on his own motion — has granted summary judgment in favor of a defendant on the remaining two counts in a Fair Debt Collection Practices Act case, ruling that using a local number to contact the plaintiff was not illegal, nor was it to place 17 calls to the plaintiff in a six-week span, because the plaintiff never informed the defendant it had the wrong number.
- More details here.
Judge Dismisses Most Claims in FDCPA, FCRA Suit, Denies MTD on 1692g Claim
- A District Court judge in New York has granted a defendant’s motion to dismiss on most of the claims that it violated the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, the Fair Credit Reporting Act, and the Truth-in-Lending Act, but denied it on one FDCPA because the defendant purportedly did not properly respond to a verification request from the plaintiff.
- More details here.
Battle Over CFPB Proposal to Ban Medical Debt on Credit Reports Already Heating Up
- If the initial salvos are any indication, the battle over the proposal from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to ban medical debts from consumers’ credit reports is going to contentious.
- More details here.
Compliance Digest – September 25
- Eight industry experts – David Kaminski, Loraine Lyons, David Schultz, Rick Perr, Ari Derman, Jonathan Floyd, Jessica Klander, and Khari Ferell – weighing in on current topics and sharing their perspective to help you understand what it means, and what you should be doing about it. Good luck finding that somewhere else.
- More details here.
- This series is sponsored by Bedard Law Group
Solutions by Text Appoints New Chief Product Officer to Bring Payments & Messaging into New, Autonomous Era
- Solutions by Text, creator of FinText, an embedded messaging and payments platform for consumer finance businesses, today announced the appointment of Nick Babinsky as its Chief Product Officer.
- More details here.
WORTH NOTING: Generally, I’m not a fan of the Super Bowl half-time show and it looks like next year’s won’t be any different … Check twice before throwing away any of these items in the trash … Americans are being squeezed to pay off their credit card debt … The funniest novels of all time, according to expert recommendations … Why you should treat your office like it’s a luxury hotel … How LinkedIn has blurred the lines of oversharing … How much it’s going to cost you to heat your house this winter … The one question morning routine of the CEO of Verizon.
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