JUDGE GRANTS MSJ FOR DEFENSE IN FDCPA CASE OVER CALL FREQUENCY
- A District Court judge in California has granted a defendant’s motion for summary judgment after it was sued for allegedly violating the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act by calling the plaintiff 15 times during a six-month span.
BILL INTRODUCED IN CONGRESS TO AMEND FDCPA
- A bill has been introduced in Congress that seeks to amend the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act to require collectors to require more information be included in validation notices and when filing lawsuits against individuals to collect on unpaid debts.
CONSUMER GROUPS BLAST CFPB’S TIME-BARRED DEBT DISCLOSURE PROPOSAL
- A pair of consumer advocacy groups have come out swinging against the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that would require debt collectors provide additional notices to individuals when collecting on debts where the statute of limitations to sue to recover those debts has expired.
BILL RESTRICTING MEDICAL COLLECTION EFFORTS PASSES IDAHO HOUSE
- A bill has been passed by the Idaho state House of Representatives that would establish a waiting period before a healthcare bill could be assigned to a third-party collection agency to be recovered as well as limit the amount that a court can award in attorneys’ fees.
CITY OF PITTSBURGH SELECTS CSS IMPACT FOR TAX INFORMATION PLATFORM
- The City of Pittsburgh selects CSS IMPACT Financial Cloud Ecosystem, “HD 2.0 | TAX”, as their “NextGen” Tax Information Platform. CSS, Inc., the developers of “IMPACT | HD 2.0”, is the leading provider of NextGen Cloud Financial Ecosystems & Tax Information Platforms with a focus on “Ai” (Artificial Intelligence) machine learning Digital Consumer Engagement solutions for enterprises & government.
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