Getting to Know Meg Scotty of Brennan & Clark
- For anyone just getting a start in collections, if you want to see what is possible, look no further than Meg Scotty. Like most of the people in this industry, she didn’t grow up dreaming of owning a collection operation, but falling in love with the people and the process has lead her to a career where she now owns the agency she started working at 39 years ago. Read on to learn more about Meg, where she gets her best thinking done, and how designing dresses for walking down the aisle helped pay her way through school.
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Minnesota Court Rejects FDCPA Claim Over Statute of Limitations Disclosure
- A District Court judge in Minnesota has granted a defendant’s motion for judgment on the pleadings after it was accused of violating the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act pver a disclosure in a collection notice that advised the plaintiff that the statute of limitations on the debt had expired and that he could not be sued to collect.
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AGs Target Four Major Carriers In Phase 2 Of ‘Operation Robocall Roundup’
- A bipartisan coalition of 51 state attorneys general has entered Phase 2 of “Operation Robocall Roundup,” directing four of the largest voice providers in the country – Inteliquent, Bandwidth, Lumen, and Peerless – to stop transmitting suspected illegal robocalls across their networks.
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Court Rejects MTD in Pay-to-Pay Fee Class Action
- A District Court judge in North Carolina has denied a defendant’s motion to dismiss claims over its charging of “pay-to-pay” fees. The decision keeps alive a proposed class action alleging that a mortgage servicer violated the North Carolina Debt Collection Act (NCDCA) and the North Carolina Unfair and Deceptive Trade Practices Act (NCUDTPA) by charging borrowers fees to make mortgage payments online or by phone.
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Judge Refuses to Decertify FCRA Class, Rejects Argument That ‘Facts Have Changed’
- A District Court judge in Pennsylvania has denied a defendant’s motion to decertify a class in a Fair Credit Reporting Act case, disagreeing with the defendant that the facts of the case have changed enough to warrant decertification.
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