Suit Accuses Collector of Not Marking Account as Disputed After CFPB Complaint
- Disputes can come in all shapes and sizes, and they don’t even necessarily have to be filed with the furnisher itself. But does a complaint filed with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau count as a dispute? One consumer thinks so and is going to court to prove it. Originally filed in North Carolina state court and subsequently removed to federal court by the defendant, the plaintiff is accusing the defendant of not flagging the tradeline on her credit report as disputed after she filed her complaint with the CFPB.
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Judge Partially Dismisses Claims in FDCPA Case Over Duplicative Collection Suits
- A District Court judge in New York has partially denied a motion to dismiss in a Fair Debt Collection Practices Act case, allowing claims of abusive debt collection practices to move forward after the defendant allegedly sued the plaintiff twice to recover the same debt.
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PA AG Sues Chiropractor for Misleading Patients About Insurance Coverage, Threatening Debt Collection
- Pennsylvania Attorney General Michelle Henry has filed a lawsuit against Jason Michael Fullmer, a chiropractor based in Mechanicsburg, accusing him of misleading patients about insurance coverage and resorting to debt collection tactics when patients failed to pay out of their own pockets. The lawsuit alleges violations of the Pennsylvania Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Law as well as the Pennsylvania Fair Credit Extension Uniformity Act.
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CFPB Publishes Supervisory Highlights on Auto Loan Collection, Credit Reporting Issues
- The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau yesterday published its latest Supervisory Highlights report, which documents the findings of its supervisory examinations, and they are always interesting reads. While this issue of Supervisory Highlights focuses on auto finance, the CFPB does take a deep dive into the collection aspects of auto loans and there are likely tea leaves that can be read by those in the ARM industry for insights and trends, especially related to credit reporting.
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