JUDGE GRANTS MSJ FOR DEFENDANT IN FDCPA CASE OVER NEW CREDITOR NAME IN LETTER
- A District Court judge in Illinois has granted a defendant’s motion for summary judgment after it was sued for allegedly violating the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act by improperly identifying the name of a creditor in a collection letter, after the creditor had re-branded itself.
N.J. SUED OVER LANGUAGE ACCESS LAW; MAY HAVE IMPLICATIONS FOR ARM INDUSTRY
- A battle is brewing in New Jersey over a newly enacted state law that could potentially impact the credit and collection industry both in the Garden State as well as other states across the country.
FTC RELEASES DO NOT CALL DATA FOR 2019
- The Federal Trade Commission has released its Do Not Call Registry Data Book for the 2019 fiscal year, which ended Sept. 30, 2019.
HOUSE BEING LOBBIED TO ENACT LAW CHANGING CFPB LEADERSHIP STRUCTURE
- A lobbying effort has begun on Capitol Hill to persuade the House of Representatives to enact legislation that would change the leadership structure of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to a five-member commission from its current one-person-at-the-top formation.
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