U.S. GOES AFTER TELECOM COMPANIES FOR AIDING ROBOCALL SCAMMERS
- For the first time, the U.S. government has filed lawsuits against alleged perpetrators of robocalls, seeking restraining orders to stop them from facilitating more fraudulent phone calls.
APPEALS COURT AFFIRMS DISMISSAL OF FCRA CLAIMS FROM BOTH PLAINTIFF & DEFENDANT
- The Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit has affirmed the dismissal of claims from both the plaintiff and defendant in a case in which the defendant was accused of violating the Fair Credit Reporting Act for putting the name of the plaintiff on a pre-screen list that was made available to a creditor looking to promote lending products.
CHANGES TO CREDIT SCORE MODEL COULD BE NEW TOOL FOR COLLECTION AGENCIES
- Credit reporting could become a more effective tool for collection agencies seeking to recover unpaid debts after Fair Isaac Corp. announced changes to how it calculates its proprietary FICO credit score.
FDCPA, TCPA SUIT NUMBERS KEEP FALLING, WHILE FCRA NUMBERS KEEP CLIMBING: WEBRECON
- For the third straight year, the number of lawsuits claiming violations of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and the Telephone Consumer Protection Act were down while the number of claims related to alleged violations of the Fair Credit Reporting Act were up, according to data released yesterday by WebRecon. The data shows a “cemented” pattern of FDCPA claims dropping by between 6% and 8% per year between 2016 and 2019 and TCPA claims dropping by between 9% and 15% per year over the same period.
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