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JUDGE RULES PLAINTIFF WHO CLAIMED TO SUFFER STRESS & ANXIETY OVER COLLECTION ATTEMPT HAS STANDING TO SUE A District Court judge in Georgia has denied a defendant’s motion to dismiss on the grounds that the plaintiff lacks standing to sue, ruling that his claims of being “stressed, anxious, and worried” …

NORFOLK, Va., Aug. 5, 2022 — PRA Group, Inc., a global financial services company, has named LaTisha Tarrant as Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO), effective Aug. 15. Tarrant brings more than 20 years of public company experience to her new role and joins the company’s senior leadership team to head its global …

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There does not seem to be a lot of cause for concern about the economy heading into a recession and that leading to consumers becoming unable to make payments on their unpaid debts, according to the Chief Executive of Encore Capital Group, who shared his feelings last week during a …

A trial is scheduled for this week in Arizona to challenge adding an item to the November ballot that would give residents of the state the opportunity to increase the amounts that consumers can shield from garnishments to pay medical debts while also lowering the judgment interest rate on medical …

A District Court judge in Georgia has denied a defendant’s motion to dismiss on the grounds that the plaintiff lacks standing to sue, ruling that his claims of being “stressed, anxious, and worried” after receiving a letter attempting to collect a debt he did not believe he owed was enough …

FDCPA CLASS ACTION FILED OVER ALLEGED INTEREST DISCREPANCY IN MVN A class-action lawsuit has been filed in federal court in New York accusing a collector of violating Regulation F and the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act because the itemization of the debt in the Model Validation Notice did not match …

Goldman Sachs, which launched a credit card business in partnership with Apple, announced yesterday that it is being investigated by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau for how it handles customer refunds and billing disputes, and how it furnishes information to the credit bureaus. Goldman, which is making a big push …

The Minnesota Department of Commerce has assessed $20,000 in fines to a collection agency that was accused of continuing to violate an earlier consent order in which the agency allegedly violated the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and state law in Minnesota. A copy of the consent order with Direct …

A District Court judge in Washington has partially granted a plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment, ruling that the defendant’s attempts to collect an unpaid apartment debt that was inflated because the creditor determined that the plaintiff had forfeited her security deposit violated certain provisions of the Fair Debt Collection Practices …

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GETTING TO KNOW MARK REINHARD OF CONCEPTS2CODE My kids loved the movie, “Robots.” While the movie is about chasing your dreams, no matter how big or far away they might be, there is a line from that movie that I will always remember — “See a need, fill a need.” …

In an interview last week, Rohit Chopra, the Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, pondered whether assessing fines is enough to deter illegal behavior in the financial services industry, saying that the Bureau will “continue to seek new remedies” to ensure companies meet their responsibilities and obligations. Chopra has …

A District Court judge in Illinois has granted a defendant’s motion for summary judgment after it was sued for violating the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act because a representative said that the plaintiff “needs to call us back” during a phone conversation, and that the statement was false, deceptive, or …

Nearly two years after it issued its opinion, the Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit has denied an en banc rehearing request in a Telephone Consumer Protection Act case against a debt collector, but four of the 11 judges felt strongly enough about the merits that they wrote a …