Thu.May 25, 2023

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Daily Digest – May 25. Getting to Know Todd Figard of Time Investment; Appeals Court Upholds RFDCPA Ruling for Plaintiff

Account Recovery

GETTING TO KNOW TODD FIGARD OF TIME INVESTMENT You have to tip your cap to someone who can say that collections is in his blood and that the job is something that just came naturally.

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Common misconceptions concerning bankruptcy

Roths Child Law

Financial hardship is not an easy thing for anyone to face. Sadly, the reality is that millions of people in the United States are struggling just to cover their household bills. When debt becomes insurmountable, it can feel like there are no options available. However, there are strategies that can help to provide debt relief. One option is to file for bankruptcy.

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Getting to Know Todd Figard of Time Investment

Account Recovery

You have to tip your cap to someone who can say that collections is in his blood and that the job is something that just came naturally. Todd Figard has spent his entire career in collections and loves it so much that he really can’t ever see himself doing anything else.

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Home buying costs could spike by 22% if US defaults on its debt

Collection Industry News

The United States has never defaulted on its debt, and it remains an unlikely outcome of the current standoff about raising the debt ceiling. But, if it were to happen — which could be as soon as June 1 without intervention — it would further crush an already wounded housing market, according to an analysis by Zillow. Housing costs would spike by 22% with the rate for 30-year, fixed rate mortgages rising above 8%.

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From Complexity to Clarity: Strategies for Effective Compliance and Security Measures

Speaker: Erika R. Bales, Esq.

When we talk about “compliance and security," most companies want to ensure that steps are being taken to protect what they value most – people, data, real or personal property, intellectual property, digital assets, or any other number of other things - and it’s more important than ever that safeguards are in place. Let’s step back and focus on the idea that no matter how complicated the compliance and security regime, it should be able to be distilled down to a checklist.

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Appeals Court Upholds RFDCPA Ruling for Plaintiff

Account Recovery

A California appeals court has upheld a lower court’s ruling in favor of a plaintiff in a Rosenthal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act case, agreeing that the collection operation had enough “knowledge” to know that the plaintiff could not have been properly served with a complaint in an underlying debt collection lawsuit and that the …

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Size of Breach at Collection Agency Doubles

Account Recovery

It appears as though the data breach at NCB Management Services has expanded and now involves more than 1 million consumers, after originally indicating that 500,000 consumers were affected when details were first released back in March.

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Another Survey Details the Plight of Consumers When it Comes to Paying Medical Debts

Account Recovery

I’m going to share a little secret with you guys … for some reason, people don’t seem to be interested in articles related to consumers’ problems paying their medical debts.