COLLECTION AGENCY DEFEATS MTD IN SUIT AGAINST S.C. AG SEEKING TO OVERTURN ANTI-SPOOFING STATUTE
- In what is certainly a first for me, a collection agency — which is represented by The Echols Firm — has defeated a motion to dismiss a lawsuit for lack of standing. But this is not a run-of-the-mill Fair Debt Collection Practices Act suit. In this case, the agency is fighting to overturn a state law in South Carolina that requires anyone who calls into South Carolina using a South Carolina number on their Caller ID to have a local presence in that state.
JUDGE GRANTS MTD IN FDCPA CASE OVER LEGAL ACTION WARNINGS IN LETTERS
- A District Court judge in New York has granted a defendant’s motion to dismiss, ruling that the language that was used in a series of letters that raised the possibility that the plaintiff would be sued if she did not make arrangements to repay her debt did not violate the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, ruling that while the letters contained “some urgency,” they did not indicate that legal action was “authorized, likely, and imminent.”
D.C. COUNCIL PASSES AMENDED DEBT COLLECTION LAW
- Thanks to ACA International for first reporting that the Washington, D.C. City Council yesterday unanimously passed an updated version of its emergency debt collection bill with a few new amendments, and the bill will go into effect next month when other restrictions put in place at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic are set to expire.
TRUEACCORD ANNOUNCES ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGES TO EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP TEAM
- TrueAccord Corporation, a debt collection company offering digital-first and consumer-centric solutions for resolving debts, today announced changes to its executive leadership team to support a planned expansion of products and services.
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