Collector Facing FDCPA Class Action for Missing Itemization Date
- We’ve all seen and heard about lawsuits accusing collectors of violating Regulation F and the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act because the Model Validation Notice was undated, but this might be the first suit where the MVN was dated, but the itemization date was left blank.
- More details here
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Judge Partially Grants MTD in TCPA Case Over Prerecorded Calls
- How do you know if a call that you received and answered contained a prerecorded message? Well, a District Court judge in Illinois has determined that if calls received by an individual sounded identical, had the same voice, used the same words, had the same intonation, had the same speech pattern, were commercial, were generic and didn’t mention the individual by name, were unsolicited, were incessant, and continued despite the individual’s express request that the calls stop, that’s more than enough to defeat the defendant’s motion to dismiss a claim it violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act.
- More details here.
Congressional Democrats Push CFPB For Arbitration Rule
- A group of 100 Congressional Democrats have written a letter to Rohit Chopra, the Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, encouraging him and the agency to move forward with a rule limiting the use of forced arbitration clauses by companies in the financial services arena.
- More details here.
Activist Shareholder Pushes for Changes to PRA Group
- A shareholder activist group has begun acquiring shares of PRA Group with the plan to get the company to either overhaul its operations or face a fight for control of the company’s board of directors at next year’s annual shareholder meeting.
- More details here.
MRS BPO Promotes Kelly Feoli to Chief Growth Officer
- MRS is pleased to announce that Kelly Feoli has been promoted to Chief Growth Officer, overseeing relations across all MRS clients and their integration into MRS Operations. Feoli has consistently demonstrated attention to quality, compliance, and operation detail advocating for the mutual benefit of clients, customers and MRS.
- More details here.
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