COMPLAINT ACCUSES COLLECTOR OF NOT INCLUDING OPT-OUT IN EMAIL COMMUNICATION
- Have you ever read a complaint and thought you knew where it was going, only to have it zig where you thought it was going to zag? That kind of explains this complaint, in which the plaintiff ultimately is accusing the defendant of violating the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act because it allegedly sent an email that did not include instructions for how to opt out of receiving further electronic communications.
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APPEALS COURT REJECTS INDUSTRY’S SUITS AGAINST NEVADA COLLECTION LAW
- The Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has upheld — albeit in a split decision — a medical debt collection law in Nevada that was enacted in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, ruling that the law is not pre-empted by either the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act or the Fair Credit Reporting Act, and is not a violation of the First Amendment.
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APPEALS COURT UPHOLDS AWARD OF $286K TO CREDITOR IN TCPA CASE
- The Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has affirmed a lower court’s ruling awarding the defendant in a Telephone Consumer Protection Act case $286,064.62 in attorney’s fees, costs, and expenses while vacating an additional award of $73,884.07 over collection calls that were made to one of the plaintiffs, who opened a credit card in his wife’s name, but listed his work address and phone number on the credit card application.
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HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH CALLS OUT HOSPITALS FOR ‘ABUSIVE’ COLLECTION PRACTICES
- Human Rights Watch, an international non-governmental organization, has issued a blistering report that calls out the United States for allowing “abusive medical billing and debt collection practices” that undermine human rights through the use of a “profoundly flawed” system.
- More details here.
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