Daily Digest – November 18. TCPA Lawsuit Numbers Keep Growing; Getting To Know Adam Parks

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TCPA LAWSUIT NUMBERS KEEP GROWING, WHILE FDCPA NUMBERS KEEP FALLING

• The number of lawsuits alleging violations of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act are 34% higher through the first 10 months of 2016, compared with last year, according to data released yesterday by WebRecon.

MEMBER PROFILE: GETTING TO KNOW ADAM PARKS

• Everyone knows someone who you wonder how they get everything done. They always seem to have a million projects on the go, but they appear calm and collected and aren’t pulling their hair out like you no doubt would be. Adam Parks is one of those people. Already running a successful marketing agency and compliance management platform, he also recently joined Investment Retrievers as its Chief Acquisitions Officer. Click here to learn more about how Adam gets everything done and still has time to scuba dive.

$5.5 MILLION TCPA SETTLEMENT WITH DEBT COLLECTOR FINALIZED

• A $5.5 million settlement in a class-action TCPA lawsuit involving Convergent Outsourcing has been finalized. Attorneys representing the plaintiffs are due to collect $1.8 million in fees, while the plaintiffs themselves will make up to $150 each.

CFPB SHOULD EDUCATE AS MUCH AS IT REGULATES, DEBTTRADER CEO SAYS

• The CEO of a debt buying and selling platform has written an op-ed column for a fairly influential publication read by most of Congress about the CFPB’s proposed debt collection rule. The CFPB should be focusing on education as much as it regulates and enforces, Matthew Wratten writes.

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