Judge Denies Plaintiff’s MSJ in FDCPA Case Over Arbitration Demand
- A District Court judge in New Jersey has denied a plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment in a Fair Debt Collection Practices Act case over whether the defendant should have dismissed or stayed a collection lawsuit after the plaintiff attempted to invoke the arbitration clause of the underlying credit agreement and demanded the case be arbitrated instead.
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Mass. Regulator Halts Collector’s Operations for Ignoring Calls, Deadlines
- The Massachusetts Division of Banks has issued a temporary cease and desist order against a collector that is accused of failing to provide documents to the regulator “or otherwise meaningfully engage” with it by not returning calls or emails.
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Robocall Blocker Files TCPA Suit Over Alleged Collection Calls
- In a case that started making the rounds at the end of last week, a consumer finance company is facing a Telephone Consumer Protection Act lawsuit after allegedly placing more than 2,300 calls to phone numbers managed by an app used to block robocalls, many of which may have been collection calls.
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Compliance Digest – June 16
- Where else are you going to get references to Bilbo Baggins as it relates to breaking down a court ruling? Only in the Compliance Digest. This week, four experts — Xerxes Martin, Nabil Foster, Michael Chapman, and Jay Tillman — share their insights into recent court rulings, to make sure you know exactly how caselaw is shaping the credit and collection industry.
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- This series is sponsored by Bedard Law Group
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