Getting to Know Jaime Barthel of Professional Service Bureau
- Like many in the industry, a family connection is how Jaime Barthel got her start in collections. But while that may be what opened the door, it’s not the only reason why she has stayed here for 25 years. The challenges and opportunities that she has encountered, like setting up a student loan collections team after winning a contract, fuel her as much as seeing those around her succeed. Read on to learn more about Jaime, why she loves doing laundry (but maybe not the kind of laundry you’re thinking of), and where you’re likely to find her if she’s not at home or the office.
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Utility Responds to New York Regulators Following Collections Backlash
- A New York utility company has formally responded to state regulators investigating collection practices, acknowledging that comments made by one of its employees at a collections conference were “unacceptable” while defending the utility’s broader collections framework as compliant with state law and industry standards.
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NJ Appeals Court Affirms Dismissal of Debt Buyer’s Collection Suit Over Improper Venue and Defective Service
- A New Jersey appellate court has affirmed the dismissal of a debt buyer’s collection lawsuit after finding the plaintiff filed in the wrong county and failed to properly serve the defendant, despite having information pointing to his actual address.
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HHS Reorganizes Civil Rights Office, Raising Questions About HIPAA Enforcement Capacity
- The Department of Health and Human Services reshuffled one of its most consequential enforcement arms this week, a move that industry observers say could slow HIPAA enforcement at precisely the wrong moment for healthcare-adjacent financial services firms.
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Judge Lets FDCPA Claim Survive, Dismisses RICO and Emotional Distress Claims
- A District Court judge in Georgia has partially granted a defendant’s motion for summary judgment in a Fair Debt Collection Practices Act case stemming from collection efforts on a home equity line of credit that originated in 1999 and may have been legally unenforceable by the time the defendant came looking for payment.
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Judge Rejects ‘Hyper-Technical’ Reading of Discovery Dispute, Denies Plaintiff’s Summary Judgment in FCRA Case
- A District Court judge in Texas has denied a pro se plaintiff’s motion for partial summary judgment in a case asserting violations of the Fair Credit Reporting Act and state debt collection law, finding that an informal email exchange between the parties constituted a valid agreement to extend a discovery deadline.
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