JUDGE GRANTS MOTION FOR JUDGMENT ON PLEADINGS IN FDCPA CASE REFERENCING ‘BALANCE DUE’ IN LETTER
- A District Court judge in Pennsylvania has granted a defendant’s motion for judgment on the pleadings after it was sued for allegedly violating the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act by referencing the “balance due” in a collection letter which could have meant that the balance may increase in the future.
JUDGE DENIES MOTION TO ENJOIN CFPB FROM SEEKING INFORMATION FROM THIRD PARTIES
- A District Court judge in the District of Columbia has denied a defendant’s motion to enforce a modified civil investigative demand from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau because what the CFPB is doing was not prohibited under the terms of the modified CID.
DEVOS FINED $100k FOR VIOLATING JUDGE’S ORDER TO STOP COLLECTING CERTAIN STUDENT LOANS
- A federal judge in California has imposed a $100,000 fine on Education Secretary Betsy DeVos after ruling she was in contempt of court for continuing to collect on student loans even though a court order had prohibited her from doing so.
NATIONAL CREDITORS BAR ASSOCIATION ELECTS NEW BOARD OFFICERS, DIRECTORS
- National Creditors Bar Association elected a new secretary, treasurer, and six directors to the NCBA Board of Directors on Friday, October 18, 2019 at the NCBA 2019 Fall Conference in Washington, DC. Mark Groves was also sworn in as President of the NCBA Board of Directors after serving as President-elect for the past year.
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