Judge Affirms Dismissal of FDCPA Case Using New Test from Ninth Circuit
- A District Court judge in Oregon has affirmed the dismissal of a Fair Debt Collection Practices Act lawsuit, determining that a recent ruling from the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit is not an apples-to-apples comparison to the plaintiff’s case.
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Mich. Utility Allowed to Sell Debt Portfolios, But Must Disclose Sales to State Regulator
- A utility company in Michigan will be required to publicly disclose sales of charged-off debt portfolios to the state’s Public Service Commission, and successfully fended off an effort to end the practice altogether, according to a published report from ProPublica.
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Ruling in N.Y. State Court Opens Door to Challenging Default Judgments
- A ruling in New York state court could have the potential to upend a decade’s worth of default judgments while also having a “huge” impact on future cases, according to a published report. Earlier this month, the State’s Appellate Division issued a ruling on when a consumer relinquishes the right to attempt to fight a default judgment without taking any action.
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20 Companies Seeking Collection Talent
- It may be the holiday season, but companies still have positions to fill. End 2023 by checking out who is hiring and for what, how much they are paying, and check out if the grass might be greener somewhere else.
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