Daily Digest – March 13. Judge Denies Defendant’s MSJ in FCRA Case Over Duplicate Reporting; Tax Season Languishing for ARM Industry

JUDGE DENIES DEFENDANT’S MSJ IN FCRA CASE OVER DUPLICATE REPORTING

• A District Court judge in Illinois has denied a defendant’s motion for summary judgment in a Fair Credit Reporting Act case, determining that the defendant did not conduct a reasonable investigation into the plaintiff’s dispute because it did not actually read the dispute and look into what the plaintiff submitted.
• More details here.

TAX SEASON BUMP TO BE LESS THAN IN YEARS PAST

• We are in the throes of income tax season and there are a growing number of indicators — including reports from different collection operations across the country — that this year’s income tax refund season is going to be less bountiful than the industry has seen in recent years.
• More details here.

CONSUMER GROUPS LOBBYING FEDERAL GOV’T FOR MEDICAL DEBT PROTECTIONS

• With the Biden Administration’s fight to eliminate student loan debt before the Supreme Court, consumer advocacy groups and patients’ rights advocates are now calling on the administration to do something about the growing medical debt problem in America.
• More details here.

EXPERTS SHARE CONTEXT ON CASES IMPACTING ARM INDUSTRY

• Industry experts Leslie Bender, Jonathan Robbin, David Schultz, Brent Yarborough, Brit Suttell, Michael Klutho, Dale Golden, and Xerxes Martin provide their perspectives and analysis of the legal and compliance trends shaping the ARM industry.
• More details here.
• This series is sponsored by Bedard Law Group

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