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MARYLAND DISBARS COLLECTION ATTORNEY
- Stuart R. Blatt, a lawyer who was noted for being “respected” and a “leader in the field of creditors rights and debt collection” has been disbarred in the state of Maryland after being found to have mis-managed funds of his law firm’s clients and not remitting money that had been recovered through judgments to his clients.
SENATE OVERWHELMINGLY PASSES TRACED ACT
- The Senate yesterday overwhelmingly approved the TRACED Act, which aims to stiffen penalties against illegal robocallers and give the Federal Communications Commission more time to take an enforcement action against a perpetrator of illegal robocalls.
CONSUMERS KEEP SUBMITTING NEGATIVE COMMENTS ABOUT PROPOSED COLLECTION RULE
- A handful of more comments have been filed and published regarding the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and consumers are expanding their lead over the credit and collection industry, in terms of which side has filed the most comments.
CENTERPOINT LEGAL SOLUTIONS NAMES WHITNEY CARPENTER AS VICE PRESIDENT OF CLIENT SERVICES
- CenterPoint Legal Solutions, LLC, a full-scale solutions recovery firm, announces the appointment of Whitney Carpenter to Vice President, Client Services. In this role, Whitney will ensure that CenterPoint Legal Solutions provides the best possible experience for clients while assisting with the continued expansion of the Company’s full-service solution offerings.
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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.