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JUDGE GRANTS MTD IN FDCPA CASE ALLEGING HUNSTEIN DISCLOSURE A District Court judge in Kansas has granted a defendant’s motion to dismiss a Hunstein case, ruling that the plaintiff lacked standing to sue because she did not suffer a concrete injury when the defendant used a third-party vendor to print …

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The number of consumers using Buy Now, Pay Later services is on the rise, which means that more consumers are starting to miss their payments, according to the results of a survey that were released this month. The survey reveals just how popular BNPL products have become with consumers who …

January 24, 2022 (Sacramento, CA) – RMAI is honored to announce that the Keynote Session at the RMAI 2022 Annual Conference will feature a “fireside chat” with two of our nation’s leading Attorneys General — Lawrence Wasden from Idaho and Aaron D. Ford from Nevada. The conference will be held February …

It is short on details, but another Regulation F lawsuit has been filed, this time in California, and, for the first time, it’s accusing a collector of violating the rule’s prohibitions on call frequency. A copy of the complaint in the case of Santander v. General Revenue Corp. can be …

A District Court judge in Kansas has granted a defendant’s motion to dismiss a Hunstein case, ruling that the plaintiff lacked standing to sue because she did not suffer a concrete injury when the defendant used a third-party vendor to print and mail a collection letter. A copy of the …

JUDGE GRANTS MSJ FOR DEFENDANT IN FCRA CLASS OVER ACCESSING CREDIT REPORT WHEN COLLECTING ON DEBT In a case that was defended by David Schultz and the team at Hinshaw Culbertson, a District Court judge in Arizona has granted a defendant’s motion for summary judgment after it was accused in …

The Internal Revenue Service “is in crisis” after its most “challenging” year ever in 2021, writes the agency’s Taxpayer Advocate Office in its annual report to Congress, noting that the agency is processing more returns than ever while relying on software that is six decades old. The IRS is scheduled …

Five groups have filed amicus briefs with the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals in support of the defendant-appellee in Hunstein v. Preferred Management & Collection Services, each laying out their arguments why the Court should rule that the plaintiff-appellant does not have standing to sue in a Fair Debt Collection …

In a case that was defended by David Schultz and the team at Hinshaw Culbertson, a District Court judge in Arizona has granted a defendant’s motion for summary judgment after it was accused in a class action of violating the Fair Credit Reporting Act for accessing an individual’s credit report …

EDITOR’S NOTE: The following was written by Ronald S. Canter and is being republished with his permission. On January 19, 2022, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals in Alexander v. Carrington Mortgage Services, LLC (Case No. 20-2359, 2022 WL 164018), reversed the dismissal of a class action filed by two …

Plano, Texas (January 19, 2022) — The CMI Group, an employee-owned company (ESOP) and the industry-leading solutions provider to clients nationwide, announced today the promotion of Carrie Finney to Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board. She will also continue in her role as President. Founder and long-serving Chairman …

GETTING TO KNOW AUDRA FUNK OF REVCO SOLUTIONS Audra Funk has a perspective that not many people in the industry have — she has worked on both the consumer and creditor side of the debt collection dynamic. That perspective has allowed her to be more understanding of handling interactions with …

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau yesterday announced a proposed settlement with a payment processing company and its founder that were both sued last year for allegedly knowingly processing payments on behalf of companies that were defrauding consumers, which will see the pair permanently banned from the debt collection industry, among …

The Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has affirmed a lower court’s ruling in favor of a defendant that was accused of violating the Telephone Consumer Protection Act by contacting the plaintiff using an automated telephone dialing system. A copy of the ruling in the case of Meier v. …