Daily Digest – November 6. Agency Gets Overshadowing Suit Dismissed; Experts Share Tips to Help Defend Against TCPA Lawsuits

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AGENCY GETS OVERSHADOWING SUIT DISMISSED

• A federal judge in the Northern District of Indiana, Fort Wayne Division, has granted a defendant’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit that alleged it violated the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act by overshadowing the 30-day dispute notification window in a collection letter.

 

EXPERTS SHARE TIPS TO HELP DEFEND AGAINST TCPA LAWSUITS

• Even though the number of lawsuits alleging collection agencies have violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act may be on the decline, complying with the TCPA has never been so complicated, in the wake of a number of legal rulings and proposed rules that seemingly reinterpret the law on a daily basis.

 

LEXINGTON LAW CEO SPEAKS OUT ABOUT OVERBIFFING

• CBS News published an article yesterday morning about overbiffing and how it is the latest “outrage” in debt collection.

 

GET OUT AND VOTE

• There appears to be so much at stake in today’s mid-term elections. Is it a referendum on the first two years of the Trump administration? Is it a chance for women to show that the #MeToo movement is not just a passing fad? Is it a chance to make a statement about the future of the country?

 

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The Daily Digest is sponsored by Beam Software. A Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, Beam is a thought leader in portfolio management and collection software. They offer both cloud-based and on-premise solutions to accommodate the entire collection continuum. For more information, please visit www.beamsoftware.com or call (800) 212-2326.