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Daily Digest – August 19. Judge Rules on Competing Summary Judgment Motions in FDCPA Case; Appeals Court: Four-Year Delay Sank Bid to Compel Arbitration
Judge Rules on Competing Summary Judgment Motions in FDCPA Case For two years, a collector mailed letters promising it was...
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Daily Digest – August 18. Collector Facing Class-Action Over Allegedly Missing License Number, Disclosures in Text; Collector Facing Class-Action Over Allegedly Missing License Number, Disclosures in Text
Collector Facing Class-Action Over Allegedly Missing License Number, Disclosures in Text One text message. That's the entire basis of a...
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Daily Digest – August 17. CFPB to Stop Publishing Consumer Complaint Narratives in Public Database; CFPB to Stop Publishing Consumer Complaint Narratives in Public Database
CFPB to Stop Publishing Consumer Complaint Narratives in Public Database After a decade of posting consumers' unedited grievances for anyone...
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Daily Digest – August 14. Collector Facing FCRA, FDCPA Suit Over Alleged Reporting on Recalled, Settled Account; Judge Recommends Summary Judgment for Debt Buyer Sued Over Collecting Time-Barred Debt
Collector Facing FCRA, FDCPA Suit Over Alleged Reporting on Recalled, Settled Account A $279 cell phone bill has turned into...
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Daily Digest – August 13. Getting to Know Max Hawes of Hawes Group; Labeling Yourself a ‘Debt Collector’ Doesn’t Make What You Are Collecting a Debt, Judge Rules
Getting to Know Max Hawes of Hawes Group Max Hawes started out building operational fixes for creditor rights firms while...
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Daily Digest – August 12. Consumers Staying on Top of Bills While Repayment Timelines Stretch; Judge Grants Part of CRA’s MTD FCRA Case Over Loan Mod Reporting
Current But Brittle: Consumers Staying on Top of Bills While Repayment Timelines Stretch Nearly 9 in 10 households say they...
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Daily Digest – August 11. Collector Facing Rosenthal Act, TCPA Suit Over Alleged Early-Morning Autodialed Calls; NYC Publishes Long-Awaited SHIELD Rule FAQs, Clarifying Scope Ahead of January Effective Date
Collector Facing Rosenthal Act, TCPA Suit Over Alleged Early-Morning Autodialed Calls A collection operation is facing a lawsuit in California...
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Daily Digest – August 10. FTC Abandons Disparate Impact Claims; Consumers Feel Better About Their Finances, But More Expect to Miss a Debt Payment: NY Fed
FTC Abandons Disparate Impact Claims The FTC just declared it will never again bring a disparate-impact claim, under any statute...
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Daily Digest – August 7. Deleted, Then Reinserted: Settled Debt Leads to FCRA, FDCPA Suit Against Collector, CRA; Deleted, Then Reinserted: Settled Debt Leads to FCRA, FDCPA Suit Against Collector, CRA
A consumer paid $500 to settle a medical debt under a pay-for-delete deal, and the tradeline came off his reports...
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Daily Digest – August 6. Getting to Know Shannon Brown of TrueML; Encore Posts Record Collections as Digital Push Pays Off in 2Q
Getting to Know Shannon Brown of TrueML Most people in this industry try to remove friction from the consumer experience....
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