Collector Accused of Coercing Individual Into Paying Medical Debt
- A medical debt collection agency is facing a Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and Fair Credit Reporting Act lawsuit in the District Court for the Central District of California after being accused of engaging in unlawful debt collection and inaccurate credit reporting practices. The case involves multiple defendants, including a medical debt collector and the major credit reporting agencies.
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State Court Judge Grants Motion to Compel in FDCPA Case Over Transfer of Account to ‘Litigation Department’
- Even though he acknowledged that the language in an underlying contract could have been clearer, a State Court judge in Wisconsin has granted a defendant’s motion to compel arbitration in a Fair Debt Collection Practices Act case that was defended by Avanti Bakane of Gordon Rees.
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Pennsylvania AG Launches Portal to Report Data Breaches Under New Law
- Pennsylvania Attorney General Michelle Henry has unveiled a new online portal designed to simplify the process of reporting data breaches that impact more than 500 state residents. This development comes as a response to recent amendments to Pennsylvania’s Breach of Personal Information Notification Act (BPINA), set to take effect on September 26.
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Appeals Court Vacates Class Certification in FCRA Case for Lack of Standing
- In order for a plaintiff to have standing in a Fair Credit Reporting Act case, a third party must have read, understood, or otherwise considered the inaccurate information. In other words, if a credit report falls in the forest and nobody is around to hear it, it doesn’t make a sound. The Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit last week vacated a class certification order in an FCRA case involving alleged inaccurate Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) alerts on tenant screening reports. The appeals court ruled that the plaintiff failed to demonstrate concrete injury necessary for Article III standing and vacated a class certification that was approved by a District Court judge.
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