Compliance

Selfishly, I will admit that I originally wanted to write about this case only because it gave me the opportunity to mention the name of the defendant — La Boom Disco. But, having read a ruling from Judge Allyne Ross of the District Court for the Eastern District of New …

A federal judge in Florida has granted summary judgment in favor of a defendant that was accused in a class action suit of violating the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act because the collection letter it sent did not explicitly use the word “creditor” in it. A copy of the ruling …

A pair of published reports are questioning the efficacy of two separate pieces of proposed legislation, one at the state level and one in Congress, at eliminating robocalls, arguing that those perpetrating the offenses are either too far away or too skilled at evading prosecution. The first article looks at …

The Supreme Court has granted a request from the Solicitor General’s office to participate in oral arguments later this month when it hears a Telephone Consumer Protection Act case that seeks to answer whether courts have a requirement to accept how a regulator interprets a statute. Arguments in the case …

A plaintiff in Florida has filed a lawsuit alleging a creditor violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act by using an automatic telephone dialing system to make more than two hundred calls to an individual’s cell phone number in an attempt to collect on a debt without obtaining the proper consent …

A Magistrate Judge in Florida has recommended a motion for summary judgment be granted in favor of the defendant in a lawsuit which accused the company of violating the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act by overshadowing the 30-day window to dispute a debt in a collection letter sent to the …

A pair of attorneys from Troutman Sanders have written about the potential implications of a bill that has been introduced in the Florida legislature that would require collectors and other assignees to require an individual receive written notice within a specified timeframe before bringing any legal action against the individual. …

A District Court judge in New Jersey has dismissed a class-action lawsuit that was filed against a collection agency for allegedly violating the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act by including two phone numbers and inviting the plaintiff to call with any questions or concerns, which overshadowed the requirement that the …

A trio of lawmakers in Washington, D.C., are working on proposed legislation that would remove an exemption allowing debt collectors working on behalf of the federal government to comply with the Telephone Consumer Protection Act. For Sen. Edward Markey [D-Mass.], Sen. Mike Lee [R-Utah], and Rep. Anna Eshoo [D-Calif.], this …

A Buffalo-area man has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud as part of his role in a debt collection scam that netted $22 million in payments from individuals who were threatened and duped into paying debts multiple times. Carmelo Collana pleaded guilty yesterday. He joins a number of …