APPEALS COURT OVERTURNS DISMISSAL OF ‘SHOTGUN’ FDCPA, FCRA, TCPA CASE
- The Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit has partially overturned a lower court’s dismissal of a lawsuit against a number of defendants alleging they violated the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, the Fair Credit Reporting Act, and the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, ruling that the third amended complaint filed by the plaintiff was not filled with “shotgun pleadings.”
ARIZONA SENATE PASSES BILL ALLOWING PARTIAL PAYMENT TO REVIVE SOL
- A bill has been passed in the Arizona Senate and is now working its way through the Arizona House of Representatives that would restart the statute of limitations to file lawsuits to collect on unpaid debts when a partial payment is made.
CFPB EMPLOYEES WORKING FROM HOME AFTER CONTRACTOR TESTS POSITIVE FOR CORONAVIRUS
- Employees at the headquarters of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in Washington, D.C., and its regional field office in New York are working from home this week after a contractor who was working at the D.C. office of the bureau tested positive for the coronavirus.
JUDGE AWARDS $42k IN SANCTIONS TO DEFENDANT IN FDCPA CASE
- A District Court judge in Connecticut has awarded a defendant nearly $42,000 in fees and costs after it was sued and won a motion for summary judgment for allegedly violating the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act by not using its proper name in a collection letter sent to the plaintiff.
DID YOU PLAN FOR THE WRONG DISASTER?
- Manny Newburger and Tom Good from Barron & Newburger pose a number of poignant questions that companies in the collection industry should be asking themselves these days, to make sure that people are not overlooking important business and compliance details.
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