INDUSTRY GROUP JOINS ADVOCACIES IN SEEKING COMMENT PERIOD EXTENSION
- An industry trade association, in conjunction with two consumer advocacy groups, have filed a request for a 90-day extension to file comments related to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s proposed debt collection rule. This marks the first time that an organization from the financial services industry has made such a request.
JUDGE GRANTS MSJ FOR DEFENSE IN FDCPA LETTER CASE
- A District Court judge has granted summary judgment to a defendant accused of violating the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, going as far as to suggest “that this case may be lawyer driven.”
PLAINTIFF SAYS HE WAS ‘ROBOBLASTED’ WITH COLLECTION CALLS, LEADING TO TCPA CLASS ACTION
- A defendant is being accused in a class-action suit of violating the Telephone Consumer Protection Act by allegedly calling an individual’s home phone 30 times per day, on consecutive days, after the individual revoked consent to be contacted on his cell phone, part of a campaign where the plaintiff was “roboblasted” with collection calls to his home and cell phone by the defendant.
COSTS OF DEALING WITH DATA BREACHES KEEP CLIMBING
- Companies in the credit and collection industry need look no further than the ongoing saga at American Medical Collection Agency to know that a data breach can cause irreversible damage to a company, but just to drive home the fact, a recently released report reveals the average cost of a healthcare data breach is $6.5 million, about 60% higher than other industries.
DAKCS AND PALINODE JOIN FORCES FOR SEAMLESS E-OSCAR DISPUTE PROCESS
- Today, debt collection and ARM software technology leader DAKCS Software Systems is excited to announce a partnership with Palinode to integrate Sonnet with DAKCS’ debt collection software solution.
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