N.J. JUDGE DENIES MTD IN FDCPA CASE OVER OFFER IN LETTER
- A District Court judge in New Jersey has denied a defendant’s motion to dismiss and to compel arbitration after it was accused of violating the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act by making offers in a collection letter that falsely implied they would expire, when in fact they would not.
CALIF. GOV. SIGNS ANTI-ROBOCALL BILL INTO LAW
- California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed into law an anti-robocall bill called the Consumer Call Protection Act of 2019 that aims to eliminate neighbor spoofing, requires carriers to adopt SHAKEN/STIR protocols, and bolsters the state’s enforcement against alleged robocalls.
REPORT HIGHLIGHTS ‘MAJOR’ MANAGEMENT CHALLENGES AT CFPB
- An audit and continued evaluation of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s programs and operations has yielded three “major management challenges,” according to a report that was published yesterday by the Office of the Inspector General, which provides independent oversight of the CFPB and the Federal Reserve Board.
DENTAL PRACTICE ACCUSED OF POSTING PHI ON SOCIAL MEDIA SETTLES WITH HHS FOR $10K
- A dental practice in Dallas, Texas has agreed to pay a $10,000 fine to the Department of Health and Human Services’s Office for Civil Rights after it was found to have potentially violated the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) by allegedly sharing protected health information on the practice’s Yelp! page.
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