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The Supreme Court has agreed to hear arguments in a Telephone Consumer Protection Act case that deals with whether courts have a requirement to accept how a regulator interprets a statute. The case, PDR Network v. Carlton & Harris Chiropractic, involves an unsolicited fax that was sent to the plaintiff by …

Nearly half of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck, even though the economy continues to improve and it appears that fewer individuals are being contacted about unpaid debts, according to data released by PYMNTS.com. The data points, part of the site’s “Financial Invisibles” report, are part of a larger look …

A pair of federal regulators that are being sued by a group of payday lenders for their role in Operation Choke Point filed a motion for summary judgment yesterday, arguing that the plaintiffs have not suffered the harms they claimed to have suffered because of the initiative and, even if …

A federal judge in Florida has denied a motion to compel arbitration in a case in which a collection agency was accused of violating the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act by not identifying itself properly in a voicemail message because the agency waited seven years before seeking arbitration. The defendant …

PHOENIX, Nov. 14, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — BillingTree®, the payment problem solvers™, today announced the expanded integration of text based billing and payments within the CareView™ and Payrazr® Platforms, rebranding the offering ‘BillingTree SMS™’. The mobile billing solution now available as part of the BillingTree CareView and Payrazr platforms can also be adopted …

The Daily Digest is sponsored by Beam Software. A Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, Beam is a thought leader in portfolio management and collection software. They offer both cloud-based and on-premise solutions to accommodate the entire collection continuum. For more information, please visit www.beamsoftware.com or call (800) 212-2326.   APPEALS COURT …

Americans don’t have much love for their health insurance companies, according to data released by the American Customer Satisfaction Index. Among all industries in the finance and insurance category, health insurers ranked the lowest in customer satisfaction, scoring a 73 out of 100. By comparison, banks scored an 81, property …

The Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, in a non-precedential opinion, has reversed a lower court’s dismissal of a lawsuit and reinstated a lawsuit filed by an individual against a collection agency for allegedly violating the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act for the language it included in a collection …

Is Mick Mulvaney, the acting director of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, an alligator? HBO’s John Oliver seems to think so. Oliver spent most of his latest episode of “Last Week Tonight” assessing how little President Trump has followed through on his promise to “drain the swamp” in Washington, …

A legal aid group in New York that helps individuals being sued by debt collectors is going to be receiving a check for $170,000 as a result of the funds left over in a class-action settlement. The Civil Legal Advice and Resource Office, or Claro as it is more commonly known …

The Daily Digest is sponsored by Beam Software. A Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, Beam is a thought leader in portfolio management and collection software. They offer both cloud-based and on-premise solutions to accommodate the entire collection continuum. For more information, please visit www.beamsoftware.com or call (800) 212-2326.   PERFORMANT POSTS …

RIP Medical Debt has a couple of new benefactors. The New York Health Campaign and a television station in Memphis, Tenn., have raised money that they donated to the organization, which it used to buy and forgive nearly $3 million in medical debt. The New York Health Campaign purchased $1.5 …

What meets the definition of an automatic telephone dialing system remains in limbo as courts across the country are making their own determinations as the Federal Communications Commission works on a new rule related to the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, but industries of all shapes and sizes, including the ARM …

The team at Maurice Wutscher has spotlighted a case where the Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit has affirmed a lower court’s summary judgment award in favor of a defendant after it was accused of violating the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act over a $100 fee that was charged …