Class-Action FDCPA Suit Filed Over Previously Settled Debt
- A collection operation is facing a Fair Debt Collection Practices Act class-action lawsuit because it allegedly attempted to collect on a debt that had been settled between the plaintiff and the original creditor before the defendant began to make its collection attempts.
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Pa. State Judge Dismisses Hunstein Case for Lack of Standing
- In a case that was defended by the teams at Martin Golden Lyons Watts Morgan and Lippes Mathias, a state court judge in Pennsylvania has dismissed a Hunstein case on the grounds the plaintiff lacked standing to sue, saying that there “appears to be little difference” between the agency printing and mailing a letter or it using a third party to do so.
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CFPB Report Updates Medical Debt Collection Credit Reporting Data Points
- The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau yesterday published a research report which updates previously released data on the number of consumers who have medical debt collection tradelines on their credit reports. The report professes that 15 million consumers have a medical account in their credit report, but the share of consumers with a medical debt on their credit report has dropped to 5% of those with a credit record as of June 2023, down from 14% in March 2022, when the data was originally released.
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Data Breach at Collection Agency Compromises Info on 2M Consumers
- A Pennsylvania collection operation has suffered a data breach that has compromised the personal information of nearly 2 million individuals, according to a filing the company has made with the Maine Attorney General.
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