JUDGE DENIES MTD IN FDCPA, TCPA CLASS ACTION OVER ORALLY MADE CEASE REQUEST
- A District Court judge in Florida has denied a defendant’s motion to dismiss a class-action after it was sued for violating the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, and the Florida Consumer Collection Practices Act for making calls to the plaintiff’s cell phone and leaving voicemails using pre-recorded messages after the plaintiff had asked for the calls to stop.
LAWMAKERS RAMPING UP CALLS TO EXTEND STUDENT LOAN PAYMENT MORATORIUM
- As the clock continues to count down toward the restart of individuals having to make payments on their student loans, lawmakers are pulling out all the stops to keep that from crippling the financial situations of millions of borrowers as the country deals with record inflation and a rising number of COVID-19 cases across the country.
CFPB DENIES REQUEST TO MODIFY OR SET ASIDE CID
- The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has published an order from its former Acting Director denying a request from a petitioner to modify or set aside a Civil Investigative Demand it received but has granted in part a request from the petitioner that part of their petitions and portions of a declaration be treated confidentially.
BIPARTISAN ANTI-ROBOCALL BILL INTRODUCED IN SENATE
- Two of the authors of the TRACED Act have introduced another bill in the Senate that seeks to further protect consumers from receiving illegal robocalls while also holding those making the calls accountable for their actions.
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