Daily Digest

JUDGE GRANTS MTD IN FDCPA CASE OVER ASSIGNED CLAIM A District Court judge in Oklahoma has dismissed another complaint filed by an individual attempting to claim that an alleged violation of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act that occurred against someone had been assigned to the individual, ruling that tort …

CFPB GOES AFTER SCAMMER WHO TOOK MONEY FRON CONSUMERS SCAMMED BY SOMEONE ELSE If you are going to scam consumers, why go to the hassle of trying to find new ones? Why not just scam people who have already been scammed? That appears to be what Frank Gebase did, and …

GETTING TO KNOW DALE WATTS OF ARMSTRONG AND ASSOCIATES Reading his answers, how could anyone not want to work for Dale Watts? I’m not sure about you, but he had me at forcing all his staff to take an hour-long lunch break every day. We could all stand to learn …

JUDGE DENIES PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION IN FDCPA CASE A District Court judge in Indiana has denied a plaintiff’s motion for reconsideration after partially granting a defendant’s motion for summary judgment, ruling that the Court did not make an error by misinterpreting Section 1692e(8) of the Fair Debt Collection Practices …

JUDGE DENIES MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION IN FDCPA CASE A District Court judge in Pennsylvania has denied a defendant’s motion for reconsideration on the grounds that the plaintiffs in a Fair Debt Collection Practices Act lacked standing, affirming a summary judgment ruling that had previously been awarded in favor of the …

JUDGE SANCTIONS DEFENDANT, CERTIFIES CLASS OF 300K WHO DID NOT HAVE CREDIT REPORTS UPDATED AFTER BK DISCHARGE A Bankruptcy Court judge in New York has certified a class of nearly 300,000 consumers for whom a furnisher failed to update their credit reports to discharged via bankruptcy from charged off while …

JUDGE GRANTS MOTION TO REMAND HUNSTEIN COPYCAT BACK TO STATE COURT This is one of those articles where the lede gets buried, but I think it’s worth reading all the way to the end, especially if you’re interested in Hunstein-related lawsuits. A District court judge in Illinois has granted a …

GETTING TO KNOW DAVID WEIMER OF KRAMER & FRANK Putting complex legal concepts into the language of operations — the world definitely needs more people like David Weimer who can do that job well. Having spent nearly four decades in the accounts receivable management industry, David has definitely become a …

CLASS-ACTION ACCUSES COLLECTOR OF NOT HONORING OPT-OUT REQUESTS, NOT SENDING VALIDATION NOTICE A class-action complaint has been filed in federal court in Florida accusing a collection agency of ignoring opt-out requests sent by an individual who received text messages from the agency attempting to collect on a debt, and because …

FLORIDA SUPREME COURT RULES INJURED WORKER CAN SUE UNDER STATE COLLECTION LAW The Florida Supreme Court has affirmed a lower court’s ruling holding that an individual subjected to debt collection activities for an injury covered by workers’ compensation can sue under the Florida Consumer Collection Practices Act instead of the …