Suit Accuses Defendant of Marking Refusal to Pay as Dispute
- There is a line of thinking in this industry that it’s safer to mark anything that looks or sounds like it might be a dispute from a consumer as a dispute. In this case, the plaintiff has accused the defendant of violating the Fair Credit Reporting Act and the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act because it marked the account as disputed and reported that to the credit reporting agencies, even though the plaintiff alleges she was just refusing to pay the debt and was not disputing it.
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Judge Dismisses FDCPA Suit Because Claims Weren’t Specific Enough
- A District Court judge in Maryland has granted a motion to dismiss claims that a creditor and a collection law firm violated the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and state consumer protection laws, ruling that the plaintiff’s allegations failed to plausibly demonstrate any unlawful conduct.
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Indiana Legislature Advancing Medical Debt Collection Bill
- A Senate committee in the Indiana state legislature has advanced a medical debt collection bill, Senate Bill 317, which aims to introduce new consumer protections related to medical debt. The bill, which passed unanimously in the Senate Health and Provider Services Committee, seeks to regulate hospital payment plans, limit wage garnishments, and restrict liens on primary residences for eligible low-income individuals.
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2025 Officers & Directors Elected to Lead Receivables Management Association International
- Members of Receivables Management Association International (RMAI) elected Officers and Directors to its Board for 2025. Of the ten-member Board, eight are continuing service from the previous year.
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Compliance Digest – February 18
- Insights from a handful of experts — Chuck Dodge, Vaishali Rao, Laurie Nelson, Nabil Foster, and Jessica Klander — on an array of important topics, including a pretty important ruling from the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, are in this week’s Compliance Digest.
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- This series is sponsored by Bedard Law Group
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