Judge Grants MSJ For Defendant in FDCPA Case Over ID Theft Claim
- A District Court judge in New York has given the final heave-ho to a Fair Debt Collection Practices Act case by granting the defendant’s motion for summary judgment over the language used in a communication sent by the defendant to the plaintiff after the plaintiff claimed to be the victim of identity theft.
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Bill Introduced in House to Remove Certain Medical Debts from Native Americans’ Credit Reports
- A bipartisan bill has been introduced in the House of Representatives to amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act by restricting certain types of medical debt from appearing on the credit reports of Native Americans as a means of protecting them from wrongfully charged medical bills that are actually owed by the Indian Health Service.
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The Power of a Virtual Assistant in Your Organization
- A blog post from Klarna, a Buy Now, Pay Later fintech company, started making the rounds in the collection industry last week, and has been turning a lot of heads. The company rolled out a virtual assistant in February, which is powered by OpenAI — the company behind ChatGPT — and shared some data about how it’s been going so far. As the company says, the numbers speak for themselves.
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Compliance Digest – March 4
- Court cases, activity from federal regulators — compliance developments come from all angles. Thankfully, there are experts to help you understand exactly what you need to know in the Compliance Digest. This week, hear from Rick Perr, Brit Suttell, Marissa Coyle, David Shaver, Vaishali Rao, and Joann Needleman.
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- This series is sponsored by Bedard Law Group
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