APPEALS COURT ISSUES FOUR MORE RULINGS ON LACK OF STANDING
- A day after it issued two rulings in which it determined plaintiffs lacked standing to sue debt collectors for alleged violations of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, the Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit issued four more rulings on the matter yesterday, determining in each case that the plaintiffs lacked standing to file their lawsuits because they did not prove that each of them suffered a concrete injury.
TIPS TO HELP TRAIN NEW, EXISTING COLLECTORS
- Training collectors, whether they be new hires or seasoned veterans in need of a refresher, is an expensive process for collection agencies. Not only does the trainer have to be paid, but every minute that a collector is not on the phone trying to collect is lost money. On top of that, training during during the coronavirus pandemic has become even harder, because so many employees are working remotely and training now has to be done online instead of inside an office.
JUDGE DENIES MTD IN CASE SEEKING TO INVOKE TCPA’S ATDS PROVISIONS WERE INVALID
- On the same day, in the same District, two different judges issued opposing rulings on whether the Telephone Consumer Protection Act was unconstitutional between 2015 and 2020. The ruling in Hussain v. Sullivan Buick-Cadillac-GMS Truck, Inc. has already been discussed, and joined two other courts in determining that the statute was unconstitutional. But another judge in the Middle District of Florida found the defendant’s attempt to make the same argument unpersuasive and denied a motion to dismiss.
TCN RELEASES EBOOK TO HELP UNDERSTAND DEBT COLLECTION RULE
- To help individuals in the accounts receivable management industry better understand the debt collection rule that was released by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, TCN has released an eBook that summarizes the rule and offers key insights that were contained in the 653-page document.
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