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JUDGE GRANTS SUMMARY JUDGMENT IN FDCPA, TCPA CASE OVER CALLS TO REASSIGNED NUMBER
- A federal judge in Massachusetts has granted summary judgment in favor of a defendant that was accused of violating the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and the Telephone Consumer Protection Act by calling a phone number that had been reassigned to an individual other than the intended recipient of the telephone calls.
FCC TO VOTE ON REASSIGNED NUMBER DATABASE, GIVING CARRIERS MORE POWER TO BLOCK SPAM TEXTS
- The Federal Communications Commission is poised next month to adopt a proposal that would create a database for phone numbers that have been reassigned, in the hopes of keeping companies from attempting to contact individuals using numbers that no longer belong to them. As well, the FCC will vote on a Declaratory Order that would classify text messaging services as information services, not telecommunications services, which would allow phone carriers to deploy technology to block robotexts or spoofed text messages.
OBSCURE LEGAL DOCUMENT TURNS NEW YORK COURTS INTO B2B COLLECTION MACHINE
- Bloomberg Businessweek has an interesting a brutal look at a rapidly growing trend in the business-to-business collections world, an obscure legal document known as a confession of judgment, and how it is costing business owners a lot of money.
ARTICLE PAINTS CONGRESS, IRS, COLLECTION AGENCIES WITH SAME BRUSH IN BLASTING PRIVATE PLACEMENT PROGRAM
- A headline for an article is the tip of the spear; it sets the tone for everything that follows in the rest of an article. “The IRS hired private debt collectors who are squeezing poor people and hurricane victims,” blares an article on Quartz.com that was published yesterday.
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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.
