Appeals Court Overturns Lower Court Ruling That Exempted Student Loan Servicer From State Law Claims
The Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit has overturned a lower court's decision that the federal Higher Education Act...
Spotlighted for Filing Too Many Lawsuits, Hospital Decides to Stop
A hospital that was placed in the spotlight last week for filing lawsuits against patients with unpaid medical bills has...
FTC, NY AG Reach $676k Settlement With Shaevel
The men behind Hylan Asset Management have agreed to pay $675,575 in fines and shut down the company after being...
Appeals Court Hears Arguments in QR Code Case
Arguments were heard yesterday before a panel of judges in the Third Circuit Court of Appeals in the case of...
CFPB Files First Amicus Brief, Supporting Plaintiff in FDCPA SOL Case
As noted by the team at Ballard Spahr, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has filed its first amicus brief in...
Report Puts Hospital Network That ‘Relentlessly Sues The Poor’ Under Spotlight
A nonprofit system of five hospitals in Memphis is under the spotlight this week, after a published report revealed the...
Compliance Digest – June 28
Every week, AccountsRecovery.net brings you the most important news in the industry. But, with compliance-related articles, context is king. That’s...
Daily Digest – June 27. Getting to Know Susan Namm of Navient; Judge Dismisses FDCPA Suit
The Daily Digest is sponsored by Microbilt. Designed to help debt collection professionals, MicroBilt’s platform of recovery and skip tracing...
Cafeteria Collections
Months after a school district in Rhode Island generated national media attention for hiring a collection agency to try and...
EDNY Judge Dismisses FDCPA Suit After Borrower Admits Late Fees Were Possible
The truth, at least from the plaintiff in this particular case, set the defendant free. A District Court judge in...
