JUDGE GRANTS MSJ IN FDCPA CASE BECAUSE CALL LOGS CONTRADICTED PLAINTIFF’S TESTIMONY
- Determining that a plaintiff’s recollection of how many calls he purported to receive and how many times he told a debt collector to stop calling because it had the wrong number was “blatantly contradicted” by his own phone records and those of the collection agency, a District Court judge in Michigan has granted the defendant’s motion for summary judgment.
MASTERCARD LAUNCHES HEALTHCARE SOLUTIONS UNIT
- Mastercard, the financial services card-issuing giant, has announced the launch of Mastercard Healthcare Solutions, a unit that will provide analytics to help improve billing strategies and revenue cycle management, among other products that will be offered.
COMPANY BEING SUED BY CFPB OPPOSES AGENCY’S MOTION FOR STAY BEFORE APPEALS COURT
- A company that is being sued by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau for allegedly scamming first responders and players in the National Football League has opposed a motion filed by the CFPB seeking to stay arguments in its case pending the outcome of the Supreme Court’s decision in Seila Law v. CFPB, because its case avoids the constitutional questions being discussed about the CFPB before the Supreme Court.
FDCPA, TCPA SUIT TOTALS KEEP FALLING AS FCRA SUITS INCREASE: WEBRECON
- The number of lawsuits alleging violations of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act and the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act continue to remain well below the pace from last year, according to data released recently by WebRecon.
COMPLIANCE DIGEST – OCTOBER 28
- Click here to read this week’s Compliance Digest, sponsored by Applied Innovation. You’ll get insights and opinions from 10 different compliance experts — Porter Heath Morgan, June Coleman, Amy Jonker, Judd Peak, Nicole Strickler, Dennis Barton, Mitch Williamson, Virginia Bell Flynn, Christopher Morris, and Boyd Gentry— discussing the impact of recent court cases and legislative updates. You’re not going to get that kind of varied perspective anywhere else.
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