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New TCPA Rules: Revoking Consent to Robocalls and Robotexts

Troutman Sanders

The adopted Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking implemented new rules regarding revocation of consent to robocalls and robotexts — clarifying rulings from 2012 and 2015. Callers must honor do-not-call and revocation requests “as soon as practicable” — no later than 10 business days after the request.

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Aged Account Comes Back to Haunt Collections Firm: Federal District Court Revives Time-Barred FDCPA Claims

Troutman Sanders

In January 2012, Asset Recovery Group, Inc. The first — sent in January 2012 — disputed the debt, demanded validation, and requested documentation substantiating the debt. The first — sent in January 2012 — disputed the debt, demanded validation, and requested documentation substantiating the debt. Read on for more analysis.

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Appeals Court Affirms Defendant’s Summary Judgment Ruling in FDCPA Statute of Limitations Case

Troutman Sanders

The husband sued the Firm, accusing it of violating Sections 1692e(2), 1692e(5), 1692e(10), and 1692f(1) of the FDCPA for taking action to collect a debt for which the Firm knew the husband was not responsible and because the statute of limitations had expired. The husband then claimed that his ex-wife incurred the debt after they separated.

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CA Bill Aims To Cut Interest Levied By Courts In Debt Cases

Collection Industry News

SB 1200 would limit annual interest to 3 percent, down from 10 percent and restrict the renewal of legal judgments on unpaid debt after 10 years. While California courts have been requiring 10 percent interest on unpaid debt, that is on top of the interest creditors charge.

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Developing Countries Paid Record $443.5 Billion on Public Debt in 2022

Collection Industry News

In the past three years alone, there have been 18 sovereign defaults in 10 developing countries—greater than the number recorded in all of the previous two decades. billion in grants to these countries, three times the amount in 2012. trillion—more than double the 2012 level. The alternative is another lost decade.’’

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North Carolina Issues Enforcement Order Against Debt Collection Operation

Collection Industry News

On October 10, the North Carolina attorney general announced a consent judgment with the president and CEO of two debt collection companies (collectively, “defendants”). Buckley LLP, October 16, 2022. According to the AG, in 2019, the AG sued the defendants for allegedly engaging in illegal debt collection practices.

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U.S. Bankruptcy Court Rejects Safe Harbor Claims of Bahraini Entities Seeking Setoff Rights

ABI

1] On March 29, 2012, Arcapita, an Islamic wholesale bank licensed by the Central Bank of Bahrain (“CBB”), filed a voluntary petition for relief under Chapter 11 of title 11 of the Bankruptcy Code). [2] 20 million of this payment was paid back, but BisB retained $10 million from the March 14, 2012 placement. Id at 444. [5]