APPEALS COURT AFFIRMS LOWER COURT’S COST AWARD IN FDCPA CASE
- This is one of those cases where I need to remind everyone from the outset that I am not an attorney, but the ruling seems so interesting, at least to me, that I wanted to bring your attention to it and try to pretend to be a lawyer for a few minutes. At any rate … The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a lower court’s ruling that the plaintiff in a Fair Debt Collection Practices Act lawsuit is not entitled to $25,000 in costs because he “requested costs not contemplated by the federal rules and relevant statue.”
N.M. SUPREME COURT FREEZES ISSUANCE OF NEW JUDGMENTS, GARNISHMENTS
- The New Mexico Supreme Court on Friday announced in an order that it is indefinitely suspending the issuance of new writs of garnishment and writs of execution in response to protecting individuals during the coronavirus pandemic.
FORMER PATIENTS SUE HEALTHCARE PROVIDER OVER COLLECTION PRACTICES
- A group of five plaintiffs have filed a class-action lawsuit against the Kentucky Department of Revenue and UK Healthcare, alleging the debt collection practices used by the defendants violate the patients’ right to due process.
HEAR FROM EXPERTS ON TRENDING COMPLIANCE TOPICS
- Click here to read this week’s Compliance Digest. You’ll get insights and opinions from eight different compliance experts — Laurie Nelson, Dennis Barton, Rick Perr, Mitch Williamson, Aylix Jensen, Nicole Strickler, Helen Mac Murray, and Xerxes Martin — discussing the impact of recent court cases and legislative updates. You’re not going to get that kind of varied perspective anywhere else. The Compliance Digest is sponsored by The Bedard Law Group.
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