Collector Facing FDCPA Class Action Over Issues With Initial Notice
- A collection operation is facing a class-action lawsuit in Minnesota federal court for allegedly violating the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act because it sent its own version of the Model Validation Notice to the plaintiff, and the notice did not include an itemization date or a date to indicate when the window to dispute the debt or seek validation expired.
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N.Y. State Appeals Court Affirms Dismissal for Lack of Standing
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- There isn’t a ton of background and the ruling itself is also on the brief side, but what it says is probably more important than how it says it. A New York state Appeals Court has affirmed the dismissal of a Fair Debt Collection Practices Act case on the grounds that the plaintiff did not have standing to sue. Given the trend of plaintiffs filing these types of cases in state court over federal court because federal judges are holding firm on plaintiffs needing to have suffered a concrete injury in order to have standing, seeing a state court ruling holding up on this issue is worthy of note.
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Oregon Senate Approves Medical Debt Credit Reporting Bill
- Oregon is the latest state attempting to fill the void being left by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau with a medical debt credit reporting and collection bill, which this week passed the state Senate.
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Payments Fraud Continues to Surge, While Checks Make Comeback
- The latest data from the 2025 AFP Payments Fraud and Control Survey reveals an alarming rise in payments fraud, with 79% of organizations reporting they were victims of fraud attempts or attacks in 2024. This figure, though slightly down from the previous year’s 80%, underscores the ongoing vulnerabilities businesses face in today’s digital and paper-based payment environments.
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