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GETTING TO KNOW BONNIE ALLAN OF HAWTHORN RECOVERY SERVICES
- A lot of people are going to read that headline and think it’s a typo. But after 35 years in the credit and collection industry, Bonnie Baker got married a few months ago and became Bonnie Allan. Regardless of her name, Bonnie has flourished during her career in the industry, climbing her way from programmer to the owner of four companies. Read on to learn more about Bonnie and why the night time is when she get really get strategic.
FAILURE TO RESPOND LEADS JUDGE TO AWARD $23k IN DAMAGES, ATTORNEY’S FEES IN FDCPA, TCPA CASE
- A District Court judge in Ohio has granted default judgment in favor of the plaintiff and awarded $23,000 in damages and attorney’s fees after a collection agency was accused of violating the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and Telephone Consumer Protection Act, but did not answer a complaint, the application for entry of default, and a motion for default judgment.
SUPREME COURT UNANIMOUSLY HOLDS LAW FIRMS PERFORMING NON-JUDICIAL FORECLOSURES ARE NOT COLLECTORS
- In a unanimous vote, the Supreme Court yesterday ruled law firms that perform non-judicial foreclosures do not meet the definition of debt collectors under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, in a case that may eliminate thousands of similar homeowner lawsuits across the country.
CFPB COMMITS TO ‘SPRING’ RELEASE OF PROPOSED COLLECTION RULE
- As of 5:58pm ET yesterday, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau was officially on the clock for releasing its proposed debt collection rule.
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The Daily Digest is sponsored by Microbilt. Designed to help debt collection professionals, MicroBilt’s platform of recovery and skip tracing tools provide quick, convenient, and current data that help you prioritize and successfully track people down and collect. Keep your skip tracing and debt recovery efficient and effective! Contact us to find out about our 90 Day Try Us Program. Call 800-884-4397 or visit www.microbilt.com.