Daily Digest

JUDGE DISMISSES COMPLAINT AGAINST COLLECTOR FOR LACK OF SUBJECT-MATTER JURISDICTION A District Court judge in Pennsylvania has denied a collection agency’s motion to dismiss a complaint that it violated state law in Georgia and Pennsylvania as moot, instead dismissing the complaint on his own, ruling that the Court lacked subject-matter …

GETTING TO KNOW JENNY FELTS OF PROFESSIONAL ACCOUNT SERVICES There are countless studies that illustrate the importance of the relationships that a person has with his or her co-workers and managers to that person continuing to work at a company. The affection and admiration that Jenny Felts has for her …

STUDENT LOAN COLLECTION BILL INTRODUCED IN COLORADO Legislators in Colorado are moving forward with a bill aimed at overhauling student loan collection in the state, which, if enacted would create several conflicts with the Colorado Fair Debt Collection Practices Act for debt collectors. BILL INTRODUCED IN MARYLAND TO OVERHAUL COLLECTION …

JUDGE GRANTS MSJ FOR DEFENSE ON 6 OF 7 COUNTS IN FDCPA CASE A District Court judge in New York has granted a defendant’s motion for summary judgment on six of the seven counts in a lawsuit claiming a letter it sent to the plaintiff violated several sections of the …

APPEALS COURT UPHOLDS MSJ FOR PLAINTIFF IN FDCPA CASE The Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit has upheld a summary judgment ruling in favor of a plaintiff who sued a collector for violating the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act because she received a collection letter and phone calls seeking …

JUDGE GRANTS MSJ FOR DEFENDANT IN TCPA, FDCPA CASE OVER CALLS TO CELL PHONE In a case that was defended by Patrick Watts at Malone Frost Martin, a District Court judge in Wisconsin has granted a defendant’s motion for summary judgment after it was sued for violating the Fair Debt …

GETTING TO KNOW AMY MERTZ BROWN OF GURSTEL LAW FIRM Amy Mertz Brown is the type of person you never want to see across from you at the poker table. Anyone who says his or her greatest skill is “reading people,” is someone to be avoided when a deck of …

CFPB PUTS OUT CALL SEEKING TO HIRE MORE ATTORNEYS If anyone needed further proof that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is planning on ramping up its enforcement activities, one need not look any further than the post the Acting Director Dave Uejio posted yesterday, making an open call for any …

BEDARD BREAKS DOWN RULE’S PROVISIONS RELATED TO LOCATION INFORMATION In issuing its debt collection rule, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau had the opportunity to update a rule that had been left largely untouched since it went into effect more than 40 years ago. And, as has been discussed in previous …

CFPB INVESTIGATING VENMO OVER DEBT COLLECTION PRACTICES The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is investigating the debt collection practices of Venmo, the digital money transfer service operated by PayPal, the company announced on Friday in a regulatory filing. Venmo has received a Civil Investigative Demand from the CFPB on January 21, …