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Daily Digest – January 27. What Plaintiffs’ Lawyers Look For; ACA Releases Economic Study
LAWYERS LOOK FOR DEEP POCKETS BEFORE TAKING THE CASE A Florida newspaper spoke with a plaintiffs attorney regarding the types...
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Daily Digest – January 26. Local Governments Continue Collections Struggle; Clock Ticking at CFPB
VERMONT LEAVING MILLIONS ON DEFENSE TABLE The state of Vermont is not doing enough to collect on unpaid debts of...
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Daily Digest – January 25. Blaming Client Not a Valid Excuse; Ohio City Hires Collection Agency
BLAMING CLIENT NOT A VALID EXCUSE A New Jersey law firm's motion to have a case dismissed because it acted...
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Daily Digest – January 22. DIY Vs. Outsourcing Debate Continues; California Works To Recoup $10B in Unpaid Fines
DIY VS. OUTSOURCING: THE SAGA AWAKENS A age-old debate in Illinois as the two men vying to be the next...
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Daily Digest – January 21. Definition of Debt Collector Expands; Bad Debt From India On Market
DEBT COLLECTOR DEFINITION BROADENS A debt collector, as defined by the FDCPA is not just someone who may work for...
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Daily Digest – January 20. Jeb Bush Proposes Student Loan Plan; Going to Extremes To Hide From Collectors
PUT COLLEGES ON HOOK FOR UNPAID LOANS Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush, the former governor of Florida, made a bold...
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Daily Digest – January 19. Sheriff Turns To Online Collections; The Kindly Collector
COLORADO SHERIFF TURNS TO ONLINE COLLECTIONS A Colorado county sheriff's office is turning to a third-party, web-based service to collect...
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Daily Digest – January 15. IRS Outlines Collection Plan; Why You Should Never Throw Away Anything
IRS MOVING FORWARD The Internal Revenue Service will have its collections outsourcing program designed within the next 90 days, but...
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Daily Digest – January 14. Class Action Suit Settled For $3.4M; Consumers Down on Income, Spending
$3.4 MILLION SETTLEMENT FOR COLLECTION FIRM Collection law firm Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson has agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit...
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Daily Digest – January 13. Student Loan Solutions; Pirates Settle Robocall Suit
NO MORE PAPER, NO MORE BOOKS ... President Obama used his final State of The Union address to share his...
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