Collectors Facing FDCPA Class Actions Over Timing of Digital Communications
- Two separate collection operations are both facing class-action Fair Debt Collection Practices Act lawsuits in Florida for allegedly communicating with consumers outside of the window allowed by the FDCPA, and both cases involve digital communications.
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Judge Upholds Jury Ruling for Defendant in FDCPA Case Over BK Search
- A District Court judge in New Jersey has denied a plaintiff’s motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict in a Fair Debt Collection Practices Act case, ruling the jury did not act unreasonably when it ruled that the defendant had proved that it had reasonable procedures in place to scrub accounts to ensure the plaintiff had not filed for bankruptcy protection.
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Appeals Court Reverses Decision for Defendant in FCRA Case Over Dispute Investigation
- The Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit has reversed a lower court’s ruling in favor of a defendant that was sued for violating the Fair Credit Reporting Act, ruling that the defendant did not follow reasonable procedures to ensure the accuracy of information in the plaintiff’s credit report.
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Sharing More Comments on CFPB’s Proposed Medical Debt Credit Reporting Rule
- The comments period regarding the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s proposed rule that would prohibit creditors from using medical debts when determining whether a consumer is eligible for credit closed last week, but there are a lot of comments to pore through. To provide insight into the tone of the comments being filed, AccountsRecovery.net is sharing some of those comments here. To date, 1,076 comments have been filed and are available to be viewed. Here is a summary of some of the complaints that have been submitted.
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