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JUDGE GRANTS MSJ FOR DEFENDANT USING BONA FIDE ERROR DEFENSE IN FDCPA SUIT
- A District Court judge in Alabama has granted summary judgment in favor of a defendant under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act’s bona fide error defense after it was sued for attempting to collect a debt that had been discharged in a bankruptcy proceeding.
UNDERSTANDING THE NEW DYNAMIC OF PAYING FOR HEALTHCARE
- More and more, individuals are turning to crowdfunding, using sites like GoFundMe.com, to raise money to cover the costs of healthcare procedures. For companies in the credit and collection industry, understanding this dynamic is important as those fundraising efforts are being used to pay off unpaid medical debts.
COMPLIANCE DIGEST – JUNE 24
- Click here to read this week’s Compliance Digest, sponsored by Applied Innovation. You’ll get insights from five different compliance experts — Xerxes Martin, Dennis Barton, Michael Klutho, Matt Kiefer, and Virginia Bell Flynn — on important compliance topics, such as the dispute notices in collection letters, validation notices, Avila, and more. You’re not going to get that kind of varied perspective anywhere else.
LAWSUIT, COMPLAINT TOTALS CONTINUE TO DECLINE: WEBRECON
- WebRecon’s monthly report numbers are all in the red for the first five months of 2019, and that should be welcome news to companies in the credit and collection industry.
WORTH NOTING: Question in advance of the first Democratic presidential debates this week … What President Trump says is his biggest mistake during his time in office … What Bill Gates says is his biggest mistake ever … How children behave in kindergarten could predict how much money they will make later in life … How to make your slide presentations more memorable … How Americans are handling money differently … How to find the best places to take your Instagram photos … Individuals with student loan debts are becoming prime targets for robocallers.
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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.
