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NINTH CIRCUIT DENIES REQUEST FOR EN BANC HEARING IN MARKS CASE
- The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals yesterday denied a request for an en banc hearing before a full panel of judges in the case of Marks v. Crunch San Diego, in which the defendant was found to have violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act by using an automatic telephone dialing system to send text messages without obtaining the proper consent.
JUDGE DENIES MOTION TO DISMISS ON BASIS THAT RESPONSE TO LAWSUIT SERVES AS NOTICE OF DISPUTE
- A federal judge in Washington has denied a defendant’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit alleging it violated the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act because the plaintiff’s response to an earlier lawsuit and assertions of cross-claims and counterclaims sufficed as an indication that the debt was being disputed by the individual.
COLLECTION AGENCIES RECOVER $82 MILLION IN UNPAID TAXES FOR IRS
- Private collection agencies working accounts placed by the Internal Revenue Service have collected $32 million in the past two months, according to data released by the agency. For the 2018 Fiscal Year, which ended on Sept. 30, 2018, the four agencies working on behalf of the IRS recovered $82 million in payments, compared with $6.6 million during the 2017 Fiscal Year, in which the program kicked off.
BILLINGTREE COMPLETES KEY COMPLIANCE AUDITS FOR 2018
- BillingTree announced today it has successfully completed its 2018 compliance audits. The PCI-DSS attestation of certification (AOC) was issued by authorized Third Party Assessor and a Qualified Security Company (QSC), MegaplanIT. BillingTree also successfully completed its HIPAA, SSAE 18 SOC I and SOC II audits earlier this year.
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