Third Circuit Overturns Graziano, Rules No Written Requirement to Dispute Under 1692g(a)(3)
Undoing a big split among the Circuit Courts of Appeals, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals yesterday overturned a well-known...
Daily Digest – March 30. Bona Fide Error Defense Nets MSJ For Defendant; Disaster Declaration in N.C. Triggers Deferral of ‘Debt Payments’
BONA FIDE ERROR DEFENSE NETS DEFENDANT MSJ IN FDCPA CASE A District Court judge in Wisconsin has granted summary judgment...
Bona Fide Error Defense Nets Defendant MSJ in FDCPA Case
A District Court judge in Wisconsin has granted summary judgment to a defendant in a Fair Debt Collection Practices Act...
Collection Agency Regulator Group Urges Agencies to Proactively Work With Consumers
A trade group representing regulators of collection agencies has issued guidance, offering a roadmap to help state and federal agencies...
CFPB Task Force Seeking Answers About Regulations
A task force created by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to examine consumer financial law has issued a Request for...
Compliance Digest – March 30
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Disaster Declaration in N.C. Triggers 30-Day Deferral of ‘Debt Payment’
The approval of a Major Disaster Declaration in North Carolina last week triggered the enactment of a series of provisions...
Daily Digest – March 27. Mass. Enacts Emergency Collection Provisions; Judge Rejects Request to Set Aside Scammer’s Sentence
MASSACHUSETTS ENACTS EMERGENCY DEBT COLLECTION PROVISIONS, BANS PHONE CALLS The state of Massachusetts has enacted a number of emergency debt...
Judge Rejects Request To Set Aside Debt Collection Scammer’s Sentence
A District Court judge in New York has denied a request from an individual who pleaded guilty to wire fraud...
N.C. AG Suspends Collection of Debts Owed to State
The attorney general of North Carolina has suspending all collection efforts by the state's Department of Justice, which collects debts...
