Compliance

The Federal Trade Commission, in conjunction with 25 federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies, announced a crackdown on illegal robocalls yesterday, bringing 87 different enforcement actions in what the agency calls “Operation Call it Quits.” The FTC launched four new lawsuits against alleged perpetrators of illegal robocalls — Media …

Less than a week after it was introduced, the House Subcommittee on Communications and Technology yesterday unanimously approved the overhauled Stopping Bad Robocalls Act. The bill, H.R. 3375, now goes to the full House Energy and Commerce Committee for a vote. The bill was introduced last week by Rep. Frank …

A District Court judge in Washington has granted a defendant’s motion for summary judgment after it was sued in a class-action for allegedly violating the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act because the company’s name gave the false impression that the company was in some way associated with the state of …

Not to be outdone by a proposal that would eliminate $50,000 of student loan debt for per individual, Sen. Bernie Sanders [I-Vt.] announced a plan yesterday to cancel all $1.6 trillion of outstanding student loans for any undergraduate or graduate programs across the country. Senate Bill 1947 would amend the …

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has signed House Bill 996, the Fair Consumer Debt Collection Act, into law and it will go into effect on Sept. 1. The new law limits how long debt buyers have to sue individuals for an unpaid debt and requires additional disclosures to be sent to …

A District Court judge in Alabama has granted summary judgment in favor of a defendant under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act’s bona fide error defense after it was sued for attempting to collect a debt that had been discharged in a bankruptcy proceeding. A copy of the ruling in …

WebRecon’s monthly report numbers are all in the red for the first five months of 2019, and that should be welcome news to companies in the credit and collection industry. The number of lawsuits alleging violations of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, the Fair Credit Reporting Act, and the …

Every week, AccountsRecovery.net brings you the most important news in the industry. But, with compliance-related articles, context is king. That’s why the brightest and most knowledgable compliance experts are sought to offer their perspectives and insights into the most important news of the day. Read on to hear what the …

A District Court judge has ruled that using a local area code when attempting to contact an individual is not deceptive conduct under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and dismissed one of the counts against a collection agency. A copy of the ruling in the case of Mendoza v. …

Have you ever watched a movie or a TV show where a bunch of people have to get through a maze and the first one to get to the end wins? That sort of describes how Congress is handling its attack on robocalls; a lot of different people moving in …