APPEALS COURT UPHOLDS LOWER COURT’S RULING IN DISMISSAL OF COLLECTION AGENCY EMPLOYEE
- The Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit has upheld a lower court’s decision that a collection agency was justified for firing an employee who stole personnel documents after the employee claimed she was not being paid as much as her male co-workers.
COMPLIANCE DIGEST – HEAR FROM THE EXPERTS ON THE MOST IMPORTANT NEWS OF THE DAY
- Click here to read this week’s Compliance Digest, sponsored by Applied Innovation. You’ll get insights from eight different compliance experts — Kelly Knepper-Stephens, Scott Wortman, June Coleman, Helen Mac Murray, Xerxes Martin, Dennis Barton, Stefanie Jackman, and Judd Peak — on important compliance topics, such as the ruling in Lavallee v. Med-1, a new robocall bill in Congress, new activity from the FCC, and court decisions on the FDCPA and TCPA. You’re not going to get that kind of varied perspective anywhere else.
FTC, FCC DISAGREE OVER WHO SHOULD BE VOIP ROBOCALL ENFORCER
- The Federal Trade Commission and Federal Communications Commission are having a tough time figuring out who should be the primary regulator going after individuals and organizations that are making illegal robocalls, according to a published report.
CFPB CHOICE FOR STUDENT LOAN OMBUDSMAN DEFINITELY NOT A FAVORITE OF CONSUMER GROUPS
- The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced the hiring of a student loan ombudsman on Friday, but the individual who was hired has rankled consumer advocates and liberal lawmakers and the job description for the position appears to have changed from its original oversight responsibilities.
ENCORE SELLS LAST NON-U.S., U.K. UNIT
- In an effort to help it continue to focus on its key markets, which include the United States, Encore Capital Group has completed the sale of Baycorp to Credit Corp Group. Baycorp specialized in the “management of non-performing loans in Australia and New Zealand,” and provided “portfolio management services for non-performing debts,” according to Encore.
WAPO TAKES BALANCED LOOK AT PLIGHT FACING RURAL HOSPITALS
- A local newspaper going after the local hospital for suing local residents over unpaid medical bills is very much en vogue right now, happening in Virginia, Oklahoma, New York, Tennessee, and other places across the country. But full credit goes to the Washington Post for doing the best job at presenting both sides to this difficult debate.
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