Bill Introduced to Amend FDCPA to Protect Consumers From ‘Predatory’ Collectors
A bill has been introduced in the House of Representatives that seeks to amend the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act...
Appeals Court Upholds Dismissal of FDCPA Case After Hospital Sought to Collect From Wife of Deceased Husband
In a case that was defended by Lawrence Bartel and Andrew Schwartz from Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, the Third Circuit...
Appeals Court Affirms MSJ For Defendant in FDCPA Case Over Invitation to Call Made in Letter
The Third Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed a summary judgment ruling in favor of a defendant that was sued...
Bedard: Breaking Down Regulation F’s Provision on Time-Barred Debt Collection
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau made a small, but important change from the proposed debt collection rule to the final...
NRA Group Partners with Interactions to Drive Collections Industry Forward
FRANKLIN, MA – March 16, 2021: Interactions, one of the world’s largest standalone conversational artificial intelligence (AI) companies, today announced that NRA Group,...
Daily Digest – March 16. Judge Grants MSJ Over Inclusion of ‘Interest’ in Letters; Collectors Banned From Industry in Settlement with FTC
NDOH JUDGE GRANTS MSJ FOR DEFENDANT IN FDCPA CASE OVER INCLUSION OF 'INTEREST' IN LETTERS In a case that was...
Judge Grants MTD on Claim Collector Name Viewable Through Envelope Window Violates FDCPA
A District Court judge in New Jersey has granted a defendant's motion to dismiss a claim in a class-action suit...
McHenry Bill Aims to Exclude Paid Medical Debts From Credit Reports
A bill has been introduced by Rep. Patrick McHenry , the ranking member of the House Financial Services Committee, that...
Defendants Settle With FTC, Agree to Lifetime Ban From Collection Industry
The Federal Trade Commission yesterday announced settlements in a pair of cases it brought under Operation Corrupt Collector, where each...
NDOH Judge Grants MSJ for Defendant in FDCPA Case of Inclusion of ‘Interest’ in Letters
In a case that was defended by the Law Office of Boyd Gentry, a District Court judge in Ohio has...
