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GETTING TO KNOW DENNIS BARTON OF THE BARTON LAW GROUP
- Everyone’s origin story for how they came to work in the collections industry is different and some are more serendipitous than others. But Dennis Barton’s origin story might be the most serendipitous of them all. Thankfully, Tim the process server remembered Dennis saying he wanted to get into consumer collections and the rest is history. Read on to learn more about Dennis and how no day is complete unless it includes vanilla ice cream.
JUDGE GRANTS SUMMARY JUDGMENT FOR DEFENSE IN FDCPA LETTER CASE
- A federal judge in Illinois has granted summary judgment in favor of a defendant that was sued for allegedly violating the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act because it included a column for Fees and Collection Costs in a letter even though neither was being added to the account.
JUDGE GRANTS SUMMARY JUDGMENT FOR DEFENSE IN TCPA ATDS CASE
- A student loan servicer has won summary judgment after it was accused of violating the Telephone Consumer Protection Act by using an automated telephone dialing system to contact the plaintiff.
NATIONAL SERVICE BUREAU BRINGS ABOARD INDUSTRY VETERAN
- National Service Bureau Inc., a leading nationwide debt collection agency located in Seattle, WA has hired industry veteran Nick Jarman to lead their business development. Jarman will be responsible for all the business development efforts at NSB which includes the current and future aspects of the department.
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The Daily Digest is sponsored by Microbilt. Designed to help debt collection professionals, MicroBilt’s platform of recovery and skip tracing tools provide quick, convenient, and current data that help you prioritize and successfully track people down and collect. Keep your skip tracing and debt recovery efficient and effective! Contact us to find out about our 90 Day Try Us Program. Call 800-884-4397 or visit www.microbilt.com.