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Ohio District Court Holds TCPA Unenforceable From 2015 Through 2020

Burr Forman

12(b)(1), contending that the Court lacked subject matter jurisdiction over Plaintiffs’ claims because they arose during a time that the TCPA included a “government-debt” exception, which exempted calls made to collect a debt owed or guaranteed by the United States held to be unconstitutional in Barr v. 227 (“TCPA”).

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Colorado District Court Holds Retroactive Application of Supreme Court’s TCPA Severance Violates Ex Post Facto Clause and Due Process

Troutman Sanders

In July 2020, the Supreme Court held that a 2015 amendment to the TCPA’s robocall restriction exempting calls made to collect government-backed debts transformed the provision into an unconstitutional content-based speech restriction. The result is a holding that essentially says the severance both is and is not retroactive.

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City Council owed over 7m in unpaid rent arrears

UK debt collections

Liverpool City Council is owed more than £7m in rent arrears despite receiving hundreds of thousands of pounds in the last 12 months. by the ACC Liverpool group for what it described in a statement as historical debt relating to property transactions between 2015 and March 2020. Amid the other fees owed to the council include £7.1m

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Supreme Court Won’t Block Student Loan Class-Action Settlement

Collection Industry News

The settlement was prompted in part by an enormous backlog in the government’s processing of applications for relief under the law after the 2015 collapse of Corinthian Colleges after the emergence of extensive evidence of illegal recruiting tactics. billion owed by 560,000 borrowers who attended Corinthian Colleges.)

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FFCRA Paid Leave Extension Until September 30, 2021 with Tax Credits

Fraser

EFMLA also gets rid of the first 10 days of unpaid leave, starts paid leave immediately, and increases the maximum paid leave over 12 weeks from $10,000 to $12,000. While it appears to be allowable, we are anxiously awaiting updated government guidance and clarification. Strict compliance is required. Elizabeth H.

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Credit Card Fraud Statistics Everyone Should Know in 2023

Credit Corp

This can include phone and utility fraud, government document or benefits fraud as well as tax-related fraud. Government documents and benefits fraud leads the list with almost 400,000 cases reported, but it’s down two and a half percent compared to 2020. Criminals then use these methods for fraudulent activities. in billions) 2014 $7.2

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2nd Cir. Holds FDCPA Defendant’s ‘Bona Fide Error’ Defense Should Go to Jury

Collection Industry News

In February 2015, the collection firm obtained a new address for William J. 9, 2015, the collection firm sent a debt collection notice to Wagner at the Hamburg address. 12, 2015, Wagner called the collection firm to notify it that he was not the debtor, did not use the suffix Jr., Wagner in Hamburg, New York. Wagner, Jr.,”

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