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July 16, 2019 (Sacramento, CA): Today, Receivables Management Association International (RMAI) announced the release of a new infographic demonstrating the low number of complaints filed against Receivables Management Certification Program (RMCP) certified businesses. When looking at the number of accounts RMAI certified businesses collect on, only a small percentage of …

JUDGE DENIES MTD IN TCPA SUIT OVER COLLECTION CALLS ALLEGEDLY MADE WITH ATDS A District Court judge in Oklahoma has denied a defendant’s motion to dismiss after it was sued for allegedly violating the Telephone Consumer Protection Act by making collection calls using an automated telephone dialing system to the …

The Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit has affirmed a lower court’s ruling that dramatically reduced the amount awarded to plaintiffs in a class-action lawsuit alleging violations of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act because applying the statutory damage award of $500 per call in this case resulted in a …

Yet another healthcare company has announced the information of its customers may have been compromised in a breach at American Medical Collection Agency. On Monday, Clinical Pathology Laboratories, Inc., out of Austin, Texas, issued a press release that said the personal information of about 2.2 million of its patients may …

It has not happened much, so it feels like news every time a representative of the credit and collection industry files a comment about the proposed debt collection rule from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. David John, the chief executive of LTD Financial Services, submitted his thoughts and suggestions about …

A District Court judge in Oklahoma has denied a defendant’s motion to dismiss after it was sued for allegedly violating the Telephone Consumer Protection Act by making collection calls using an automated telephone dialing system to the plaintiff’s cell phone after consent to do so had been revoked. A copy …

The full House Committee on Energy and Commerce will meet this morning to mark up 26 different bills, and first on the list is the Stopping Bad Robocalls Act, a recently re-introduced bipartisan bill that, among other things, would give consumers the opportunity to opt out of receiving calls without …

St. George, Utah & Arlington, Va. – July 16, 2019 – TCN, Inc., a leading provider of cloud contact center technology for enterprises, contact centers, BPOs and collection agencies worldwide, today announced a new partnership with Numeracle™, the pioneer of robocall blocking, labeling visibility and control in the calling ecosystem. Through this partnership, TCN customers …

JUDGE DISMISSES FDCPA CASE OVER LACK OF STANDING A District Court judge in Michigan has dismissed a Fair Debt Collection Practices Act case that was filed by a plaintiff who alleged he was “bullied” by a defendant because the plaintiff did not suffer any actual injury in the case. RESPONDENT …

A District Court judge in Michigan has dismissed a Fair Debt Collection Practices Act case that was filed by a plaintiff who alleged he was “bullied” by a defendant because the plaintiff did not suffer any actual injury in the case. A copy of the ruling in Burns v. Midland …

A report from the Office of the Inspector General of the Federal Reserve Board and Consumer Financial Protection Bureau released a report recently that details how consumer complaints are used within the bureau and who has access to some of the sensitive information that are included with complaints. The report …

The respondent in an upcoming Supreme Court case that will seek to determine when the statute of limitations clock on an alleged violation of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act starts running has filed his brief, arguing that the clock should start ticking from the date the violation occurs and …

Another former client of American Medical Collection Agency has come forward and announced that 13,000 patients will be receiving notifications that their personal information may have been compromised in a recent data breach at the agency. Penobscot Community Health Center in Maine is the latest healthcare facility to announce its …

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So it turns out that maybe AT&T isn’t rolling out free call-blocking after all. According to a published report, the only way to get calls automatically blocked is for customers of AT&T to pay an additional $4 per month. In order to get calls blocked for free, customers will have …