Daily Digest – August 7. Judge Denies Motions to Dismiss and Applications For Stays in Two TCPA Cases; Kraninger Agrees With Everything Mulvaney Has Done at BCFP

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JUDGE DENIES MOTIONS TO DISMISS AND APPLICATIONS FOR STAY IN TWO TCPA CASES

• A federal judge in New Jersey last week denied motions to dismiss and applications for temporary stays pending new guidance from the Federal Communications Commission in a pair of lawsuits alleging violations of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act.

 

KRANINGER AGREES WITH EVERYTHING MULVANEY HAS DONE AT BCFP

• It appears as though Kathy Kraninger is a loyal soldier. In response to written questions submitted by Senate Democrats related to her nomination to be the next director of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, Kraninger said she sees nothing that acting director Mick Mulvaney has done during his nine months at the helm of the agency that she would change, according to a published report.

 

JUDGE DENIES THINK FINANCE’S MOTION TO DISMISS BCFP LAWSUIT

• A federal judge has denied a motion from Think Finance to dismiss a lawsuit filed against it by the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, alleging that the company illegally collected on loans that violated state usury laws.

 

JUDGE RULES IMPRISONING INDIVIDUALS WHO CAN’T PAY COURT DEBTS IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL

• A federal judge in New Orleans has ruled that it is unconstitutional to put people in jail who are not able to repay court-ordered fines and fees without first assessing the financial condition of those individuals. The judge accused the defendant in the case, judges within the Orleans Parish Criminal District Court, of deliberately ignoring the financial condition of individuals before determining whether to imprison a criminal defendant who is unable to repay his or her court debt.

 

HOSPITAL SPOTLIGHTED FOR FILING TOO MANY LAWSUITS TO RECOVER UNPAID DEBTS

• A published report is taking a healthcare organization that operates two hospitals in Georgia to task for filing too many lawsuits attempting to recover unpaid debts.

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