Compliance

A District Court judge in Washington has granted summary judgment in favor of a defendant that was sued for allegedly violating the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act when it sent a collection letter to an individual to attempt to collect on a time-barred debt and did not inform the individual …

The Attorney General of North Carolina has filed a lawsuit and received a temporary restraining order against a series of entities owned by one individual who purchases defaulted debts from a rent-to-own chain and attempts to collect on the debts by sending unsigned criminal summonses or even going as far …

As expected, the House Committee on Energy and Commerce unanimously approved the Stopping Bad Robocalls Act yesterday, sending the bill to the full House of Representatives for consideration. The bill, H.R. 3375, which was re-introduced in mid-June by Rep. Frank Pallone [D-N.J.], and Rep. Greg Walden [R-Ore.], was passed with …

As the Attorney General of Indiana seeks to force the parent company of American Medical Collection Agency into liquidation, one of the agency’s former clients is accusing the bankrupt company of an “inability or unwillingness to provide the cooperation and transparency” it needs to fully investigate what happened. Curtis Hill, …

The Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit has affirmed a lower court’s ruling that dramatically reduced the amount awarded to plaintiffs in a class-action lawsuit alleging violations of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act because applying the statutory damage award of $500 per call in this case resulted in a …

It has not happened much, so it feels like news every time a representative of the credit and collection industry files a comment about the proposed debt collection rule from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. David John, the chief executive of LTD Financial Services, submitted his thoughts and suggestions about …

A District Court judge in Oklahoma has denied a defendant’s motion to dismiss after it was sued for allegedly violating the Telephone Consumer Protection Act by making collection calls using an automated telephone dialing system to the plaintiff’s cell phone after consent to do so had been revoked. A copy …

The full House Committee on Energy and Commerce will meet this morning to mark up 26 different bills, and first on the list is the Stopping Bad Robocalls Act, a recently re-introduced bipartisan bill that, among other things, would give consumers the opportunity to opt out of receiving calls without …

A District Court judge in Michigan has dismissed a Fair Debt Collection Practices Act case that was filed by a plaintiff who alleged he was “bullied” by a defendant because the plaintiff did not suffer any actual injury in the case. A copy of the ruling in Burns v. Midland …

The respondent in an upcoming Supreme Court case that will seek to determine when the statute of limitations clock on an alleged violation of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act starts running has filed his brief, arguing that the clock should start ticking from the date the violation occurs and …