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TOP MASS. COURT RULES CREDITORS SUBJECT TO STATE LAW, NOT LEAVING VOICEMAIL COUNTS AS CALL ATTEMPT
- A state law in Massachusetts which limits how often individuals can be contacted related to unpaid debts applies to creditors, which had been previously exempt from the law, according to the state’s Supreme Judicial Court, which ruled on a case yesterday. The defendant had argued that not only was it exempt from the law, it never “initiated” a conversation and that none of the calls constituted communications because no voicemail was left when the call was not answered.
ACT LAYING OFF 175 IN TWO TEXAS LOCATIONS
- Account Control Technology is laying off nearly 175 workers — about 20% of its workforce — in two Texas offices, according to a pair of published reports. About 100 employees have already been laid off from the company’s office in Dallas. Another 72 employees will be laid off in August from a company office in San Angelo, Texas.
NAVIENT SETTLES TCPA CLASS-ACTION FOR $2.5 MILLION
- Navient Solutions has agreed to pay $2.5 million to settle a class-action lawsuit alleging it violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act by contacting individuals on their mobile phones using an automated telephone dialing system without obtaining prior express consent.
REPORT TIES POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS IN OHIO TO COLLECTION ACCOUNT PLACEMENTS
- A report by a non-profit investigative journalism organization is attempting to draw a line between political contributions made by members and companies in the ARM industry with contracts awarded by the state of Ohio’s Attorney General to place collection accounts with those companies.
ACA INTERNATIONAL LOBBIES AGAINST BILLS AIMED AT EXPANDING ATDS DEFINITION
- ACA International is fighting back hard against a pair of bills in Congress that would update the definition of an automated telephone dialing system (ATDS) in an attempt to quell the number of illegal robocalls being made.
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