A state court judge in Arizona has denied a challenge from the accounts receivable management industry that sought to keep the Arizona Protection from Predatory Debt Collection Act — a measure that increases the amount that can be shielded from garnishments to pay medical debts while also lowering judgment interest rates …
Read More »Judge Grants TRO Blocking Enactment of New Garnishment Law in Arizona
A state court judge in Arizona has granted a temporary restraining order halting the enactment of a measure approved by voters last month that increases the amount that is shielded from garnishments to pay medical debts while also lowering judgment interest rates that can be charged. The Arizona Protection from …
Read More »Ariz. Supreme Court Rejects Industry Arguments Attempting to Keep Garnishment Question off Ballot
The Arizona Supreme Court yesterday unanimously rejected an appeal from an industry group seeking to prevent a question from being added to the ballot in the upcoming November elections that would give voters the opportunity to raise the limits on what can be shielded from wage garnishments while also lowering …
Read More »Judge Rules Against Industry in Suit Over Arizona Garnishment Initiative
A state court judge in Arizona yesterday rejected an industry-led challenge to a voter initiative that is scheduled to be on the ballot this November that would raise the limits on what can be shielded from wage garnishments while also lowering the judgment interest rate, leading the group to quickly …
Read More »Trial to Start This Week Challenging Arizona Medical Debt Collection Initiative
A trial is scheduled for this week in Arizona to challenge adding an item to the November ballot that would give residents of the state the opportunity to increase the amounts that consumers can shield from garnishments to pay medical debts while also lowering the judgment interest rate on medical …
Read More »Arizona Medical Debt Collection Initiative Likely Heading to Ballot for November Election
An organization seeking to put a measure on the ballot in Arizona this November that would increase the amounts that consumers can shield from garnishments to pay medical debts while also lowering the judgment interest rate on medical debt turned in twice as many signatures as needed last week, and …
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