JUDGE GRANTS MTD IN FDCPA OVERSHADOWING CASE
- A District Court judge in California has granted a defendant’s motion to dismiss after it was sued for allegedly violating the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act because the content in a collection letter overshadowed the validation notice in the same letter.
APPEALS COURT RULES PLAINTIFF CAN’T REPRESENT CLASS IN CASE HE SETTLED
- The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed a lower court’s ruling denying a plaintiff who agreed to settle a Fair Debt Collection Practices Act lawsuit against a defendant from representing a class in the same suit.
CFPB SEEKS $39M IN RESTITUTION, $7 IN FINES FOR BANKRUPT LENDER’S ILLEGAL COLLECTION ACTIVITIES
- The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has finalized a settlement with Think Finance, an online payday lender, that will see the company and six of its subsidiaries pay fines of $1 each, for a total of $7, while reserving nearly $40 million to be returned to consumers who were victimized by the lender’s illegal collection activities.
HEALTHCARE DATA NEW GOLD STANDARD FOR HACKERS; AGENCIES NEED TO BE READY FOR MORE CYBER ATTACKS
- A warning to all companies in the credit and collection industry that deal with medical debts — hackers are salivating at the chance to get your data.
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