Daily Digest – January 24. Getting to Know Michael O’Meara; Judge Certifies Class in FDCPA Letter Suit
The Daily Digest is sponsored by Microbilt. Designed to help debt collection professionals, MicroBilt’s platform of recovery and skip tracing...
Defendant Raises Constitutional Questions Over TCPA Applicability
A federal judge in Nevada is giving the Attorney General of the United States 60 days to decide whether it...
Judge Certifies Class, Gives Defense 14 Days to Fight Summary Judgment in FDCPA Letter Case
A debt collector suffered the triple whammy of having a summary judgment only partially denied, the plaintiff's class certification granted,...
Number of Americans Without Health Insurance Keeps Climbing
The number of Americans without health insurance continued to climb in 2018, and has increased by nearly 30% in the...
Lawsuit Totals Keep Falling for FDCPA, TCPA, While FCRA Suits Keep Increasing: WebRecon
The number of lawsuits filed that allege violations of consumer protection statutes -- the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, the...
Getting to Know Michael O’Meara of The O’Meara Law Office
A lawyer who has thousands of lines of poetry memorized and who thinks he would want to be a gym...
Daily Digest – January 23. Judge Denies Summary Judgment in FDCPA Case; Shutdown Causing More Problems
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Shutdown Causing More Financial Problems for Furloughed Employees
As the government shutdown enters its second month with no end in sight, another published report is detailing the financial...
Judge Denies Summary Judgment in FDCPA Case Even Though Defendant Used Statutory Dispute Language
This is one of those cases where, even when a collection agency writes what the law proscribes, a judge can...
Nebraska Legislator Proposes Law Shielding Injured Employees From Debt Collectors
A bill has been introduced in the Nebraska State Legislature that would prohibit collection agencies from attempting to contact individuals...
