WITNESSES — INCLUDING JOHN BEDARD, BILLS ANNOUNCED FOR FIN’L SERVICES HEARING ABOUT DEBT COLLECTION
- Details are starting to come together for a hearing that is scheduled for tomorrow before the House Financial Services Committee on the subject of “Examining Legislation to Protect Consumers and Small Business Owners from Abusive Debt Collection Practices,” including the list of witnesses and the 10 bills that will be discussed.
JUDGE GRANTS MSJ IN FDCPA CASE OVER MISSED DISPUTE NOTIFICATION
- A District Court judge in Arizona has granted a defendant’s motion for summary judgment and agreed to entertain the defendant’s request for its attorney fees and costs to be covered by the plaintiff in a Fair Debt Collection Practices Act case in which the plaintiff was attempting to hold the defendant liable for the inaction of a credit bureau.
REPUBLICANS ASK OCC FOR HELP ADDRESSING MADDEN FIX
- The Republican members of the House Financial Services Committee have written a letter to Joseph Otting, the Comptroller of the Currency, urging the regulator to use “administrative solutions to mitigate the consequences” of the Appeals Court ruling in Madden v. Midland Funding.
HOSPITAL DROPPING LAWSUITS AFTER REPORT CALLS OUT ‘AGGRESSIVE’ COLLECTION TACTICS
- Yielding to public pressure, a healthcare network in Memphis, Tenn., is erasing the debts owed by more than 6,000 former patients it had filed lawsuits against for unpaid debts.
WORTH NOTING: Profiling this year’s winners of the MacArthur ‘Genius’ Grants (mine must have gotten lost in the mail, again) … Another reason not to like the outdoors … Veterinarians are killing themselves in surprising numbers … Are you reading books on Instagram yet? … The world’s oceans and mountains are in serious trouble … The best week of the year to get a good deal when buying a house … If you want a higher paying job, the time to quit is now … A primer on impeachment … I wouldn’t want to be the lineman who let that happen.
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Breaking down the “El Camino” trailer
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