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10 INDUSTRY EXPERTS WEIGH IN ON IMPACT OF ACA v. FCC, ONE YEAR LATER
- I’m a little late to the party, but better late than never. The ruling from the Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit in ACA International v. FCC turned one earlier this month, and in honor of its first birthday, AccountsRecovery.net reached out to a number of industry luminaries and asked for their perspective on the impact of the ruling on the credit and collection industry. Here are their unedited responses.
NEW LAW IN EFFECT IN N.Y. REGARDING COLLECTION FROM DECEASED INDIVIDUALS
- A new law went into effect in New York today that clarifies how collectors and creditors can attempt to collect debts from deceased individuals.
BIPARTISAN TAX REFORM BILL INTRODUCED; WOULD AMEND PRIVATE COLLECTION AGENCY PROGRAM
- A bipartisan bill has been introduced in the Senate to reform the Internal Revenue Service, including how it is told to operate its private collection agency program where unpaid tax debts are outsourced to one of four collection agencies.
ILL. APPELLATE COURT REFUSES TO HEAR CASE INVOLVING $16M AWARD OVER COLLECTION ATTEMPT THAT ALLEGEDLY LED TO SUICIDE
- Ruling it does not have jurisdiction to intervene, the Appellate Court of Illinois has refused to review a lawsuit filed against a collection agency by the husband of a woman who committed suicide after the agency attempted to enforce a judgment against the woman that had been vacated.
FEDERAL GOV’T NOT THE BEST COLLECTOR WHEN IT COMES TO TCPA FINES: REPORT
- The Federal Communications Commission is not a good collection agency, it appears. Maybe it needs some help from agencies in the credit and collection business.
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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.