Daily Digest – December 18. Why FCC’s Reassigned Numbers Database May Not Help Collectors; Judge Denies Motion to Dismiss TCPA Class Action Over Collection Calls

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WHY THE FCC’S REASSIGNED NUMBER DATABASE MAY NOT HELP COLLECTORS

• The reassigned number database, adopted last week by the Federal Communications Commission, may not be of any use to the collections industry, if it ultimately ends up being created as it has been proposed.

JUDGE DENIES MOTION TO DISMISS TCPA CLASS ACTION OVER COLLECTION CALLS

• A federal judge in New Jersey has denied a motion to dismiss a lawsuit alleging a company violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act by placing debt collection calls to an individual on her mobile phone without her consenting to be contacted.

FDCPA SUIT DISMISSED AFTER DEFENDANT WROTE ‘WE LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM YOU’ IN LETTER

• A collection agency did not violate the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act when it sent an individual a collection letter that said, among other things, “We look forward to hearing from you,” a federal judge has ruled in dismissing the class-action lawsuit.

BCFP STOPS PUBLISHING REPORT ON STUDENT LOAN COMPLAINTS

• For the first time in six years, the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection has apparently elected not to issue a statutorily mandated report analyzing complaints related to student loans filed by individuals, according to a published report.

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