Daily Digest

IN CONVERSATION: JACK GORDON Starting up and running company is hard enough. But for Jack Gordon, that’s just a starting point. Jack is mostly known for running WebRecon, a litigious debtor scrub that has become an important risk management product for companies in the accounts receivable and contact center industries. …

JUDGE CERTIFIES CLASS IN FDCPA CASE A District Court judge in Pennsylvania has certified a class in a Fair Debt Collection Practices Act case over a 1692e claim that the manner in which a series of debts were itemized in a collection letter was misleading, disagreeing with the defendant that …

JUDGE RULES PLAINTIFF LACKS STANDING IN HUNSTEIN COPYCAT CASE, REMANDS IT BACK TO STATE COURT This is one of those cases where I feel like I need to make the “I’m not a lawyer” disclaimer because, to me, this looks like one of those “good news, bad news” type of …

GETTING TO KNOW MATTHEW BERUMEN OF CREDIT SERVICE COMPANY When asked what they do better than anyone else, few people have the hardware to back it up. Matthew Berumen is one of those people. Perhaps missing his calling as a chili cook, Matthew has instead found a home in the …

JUDGE DISMISSES TWO HUNSTEIN CASES FOR LACK OF STANDING A District Court judge in New York has dismissed two cases — one of them a class action — that alleged the defendants violated the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act by sending private information to a third-party vendor to print and …

ADVICE FROM THE EXPERTS ON DAY ONE OF THE REGULATION F ERA The time has come for the rubber to meet the road. For the cards to be dealt and played. For green flag to be waved and the race to start. A new era in the history of the …

JUDGE GRANTS MTD IN FDCPA CASE OVER USE OF WORD ‘SUMMONS‘ A District Court judge in Pennsylvania has granted a defendant’s motion to dismiss after it was sued for violating the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act when one of its representatives used the word “summons” during a conversation with the …

ELEVENTH CIRCUIT ANNOUNCES DATE, TOPIC FOR HUNSTEIN REHEARING The battle lines have been drawn. When it hears arguments in Hunstein v. Preferred Management & Collections — during the week of February 21, 2022 — the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals wants to hear from both sides on whether the plaintiff actually has …

JUDGE DENIES MSJ IN FDCPA CASE OVER STATUS OF VERIFICATION LETTER Is a debt verification letter, sent in response to a dispute from an individual, an attempt to collect on a debt? A District Court judge in Georgia has ruled it is, denying a defendant’s motion for summary judgment in …

JUDGE PARTIALLY GRANTS MSJ FOR DEFENDANT IN ITEMIZED DEBT CASE A District Court judge in Pennsylvania has partially granted and partially denied a defendant’s motion for summary judgment in a Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and Telephone Consumer Protection Act case that may offer a glimpse into how judges are …