Judge Sanctions Plaintiff, Grants MSJ For Defense in FDCPA Case
- Not showing up for a deposition is a big no-no in the legal world and a plaintiff in a Fair Debt Collection Practices Act case is going to have to pay because of it after the District Court judge not only granted the defendant’s motion for summary judgment, but also for sanctions against the plaintiff.
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Judge Grants Preliminary Approval of $51k Settlement in FDCPA Class Action
- A District Court judge in California has granted approval of a settlement in a Fair Debt Collection Practices Act class action that will see the defendant pay $51,975 to the injured plaintiffs and up to $123,000 in attorney’s fees and costs.
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Cancer Patient’s Last Wish Raises $20M to Pay Off Medical Debts for Others
- One of the bookmarks I check every day when I am looking for content to publish on AccountsRecovery.net is “medical debt.” It’s obviously a hot-button issue with new laws and regulations aimed at curbing the amount of medical debt consumers are burdened with or other attempts to protect consumers from the high cost of visiting a doctor or a hospital. For the past few days, though, that alert has been dominated with the story of Casey McIntrye, a 38-year-old woman who died of ovarian cancer last week. Media outlets across the country are picking up the story of how McIntyre asked for donations to help pay off the medical debts of others. As of yesterday, the campaign had raised $220,000 with RIP Medical Debt, which will allow the organization to purchase and forgive about $19 million of consumers’ medical debts.
- More details here.
Compliance Digest – November 20
- A handful of new caselaw rulings, a new law in Minnesota, and an enforcement action from the CFPB. Compliance experts from across the industry weigh in and share context and their perspective on the most recent trends impacting the ARM industry in this week’s Compliance Digest.
- More details here.
- This series is sponsored by Bedard Law Group
WORTH NOTING: The unwritten rules of eating and drinking near electronics … Things to do on Black Friday if you’re not into shopping … The trendiest baby names of 2023 … Americans are going to extreme lengths to get out of paying off their student loan debts … A majority of people still prefer old-fashioned paper greeting cards during the holidays … The states in which a majority of parents are supporting their adult children … Your bad mood could end up getting you fired … A hiker was found in a national park after going missing for more than a week.
Music Monday, part I
Music Monday, part II
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