Compliance

The full text of a compromise anti-robocall bill — the Pallone-Thune TRACED Act — has been released and while it offers a number of consumer protections, it does not go as far as what was proposed in the original House version of the legislation. The House of Representatives is set …

The Department of Health and Human Service’s Office of Civil Rights (OCR) has announced a $2.1 million settlement with a healthcare network that was accused of violating the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) mailed bills to individuals that contained the protected health information of other patients. Sentara, a …

A state Appeals court in New Jersey has upheld a lower court’s ruling that a debt buyer that purchased a delinquent account and subsequently sued to collect on the unpaid debt is entitled to the same arbitration clause from the original agreement, even though the debt buyer was not licensed …

Along with looking forward to a final debt collection rule in 2020, the accounts receivable management industry can now add another important date to their calendars. The Supreme Court announced on Tuesday that it will hear arguments in Seila Law v. CFPB on Tuesday, March 3. The case, which aims …

A District Court judge in New Jersey has denied a plaintiff’s motion to certify a class action lawsuit against a collection law firm that was accused of violating the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act by seeking damages greater than what was owed by the plaintiff and failing to itemize the …

An advocacy group filed suit against the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau yesterday, accusing the agency of not doing enough to protect individuals from companies that service and collect on student loans. The group — Student Debt Crisis — filed the complaint against the CFPB and the Department of Education in …

CORRECTION: An earlier version of this story incorrectly identified the timeline for the release of a final rule. The agency did not indicate that the final rule would be released in May 2020. I apologize for the error. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau re-affirmed its guidance of taking “final action” …

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A District Court judge in Ohio has denied a defendant’s motion to dismiss after it was sued for allegedly violating the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act by accidentally attaching a judgment to the house of the plaintiff’s parents instead of the plaintiff. A copy of the ruling in the case …

States and local governments should stop eliminate court-imposed fees, create sliding scales that assess fines’ based on an individual’s ability to repay the debt, and no longer suspend the driver’s licenses of individuals with unpaid debts because the cost of collecting on those debts is too high relative to the …