Compliance

A Maryland man indicted last year on charges of running a debt buying Ponzi scheme has agreed to plead guilty to those charges as well as one that he attempted to obstruct justice after he was arrested and is facing 40 years in prison. Kevin Merrill, who, along with Jay …

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau today filed suit against Foster & Garbus, a collection law firm, alleging it violated the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act by misrepresenting that attorneys were meaningfully involved in lawsuits. A copy of the complaint in the case of Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection v. Foster …

Speaking yesterday before the audience at ACA International’s Washington Insights Fly-In conference, Michael O’Rielly, a commissioner at the Federal Communications Commission, sought to differentiate between legitimate and illegal robocalls, but his remarks are being portrayed in the media as kowtowing and “knowing his audience well,” according to a published report. …

For the second time, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled on a case that seeks to determine when the statute of limitations on a potential violation of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act occurs, determining that an individual does not need to receive notice of the violation before …

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A District Court judge in Kansas has denied a defendant’s motion to dismiss after it was sued for allegedly violating the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act by applying a payment from an individual to multiple debts, including one where the statute of limitations had expired, thus re-starting the clock and …

Ajit Pai, the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, yesterday proposed what he described as a “bold action” that would give phone companies the block “unwanted” calls from being connected to consumers and allow consumers to block calls from individuals who are not on their contact list. The proposed Declaratory …

A District Court judge in Wisconsin has denied a motion for summary judgment filed by the owner of a company that provided autodialing services after he was sued by a serial plaintiff for allegedly violating the Telephone Consumer Protection Act. A copy of the ruling in Cunningham v. Montes can …

A District Court judge in Illinois has granted a defendant’s motion for judgment on the pleadings after it was sued for allegedly violating the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act by not properly identifying the current creditor in a collection letter, ruling that the plaintiff’s lack of understanding of the identity …

Being “blamelessly ignorant” should be enough to delay the start of a statute of limitations clock in a Fair Debt Collection Practices Act case until the individual in question learns an injury has occurred and the clock should not start when the actual violation happened, the petitioner in an upcoming …