Account Recovery

JULY 22, 2022

EDITOR’S NOTE: This article is part of a series that is sponsored by WebRecon. WebRecon identifies serial plaintiffs lurking in your database BEFORE you contact them and expose yourself to a likely lawsuit. Protect your company from as many as one in three new consumer lawsuits by scrubbing your consumers through WebRecon first. Want to learn more? Call … The post Collector Facing Class-Action Suit for Failing to Provide Validation Information in Initial Notice appeared first on AccountsRe

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Nerd Wallet

JULY 22, 2022

Hilton is one of the largest hotel chains in the world. With more than 6,800 properties worldwide, across 122 countries and territories, there is likely to be one of Hilton’s 18 brands in many of the destinations you are looking to travel to. Hilton’s loyalty program, Hilton Honors, offers its members the opportunity to collect. Aaron Hurd writes for NerdWallet.

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Account Recovery

JULY 22, 2022

ORLANDO — Could blockchain be coming to the accounts receivable management industry? A panel of speakers presenting at ACA International’s annual convention here yesterday laid out a series of scenarios in which the technology could be applied to debt collection process, with some surprising benefits. For those who are not terribly familiar with the technology, … The post Panel Discusses How Blockchain Can Improve Debt Collection Process appeared first on AccountsRecovery.net.

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UK debt collections

JULY 22, 2022

Former Emmerdale TV soap Star Danny Miller has had his company put into liquidation due to a series of unpaid debts. The performing arts company Cannon Professional Acting company owing a whopping £117,528 of unpaid debts. The actor left the popular soap Emmerdale last year before going on to win the 2021 series of I’m a celebrity… get me out of here.

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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.

Account Recovery

JULY 22, 2022

JUDGE DENIES DEFENDANT’S MSJ, PARTIALLY GRANTS PLAINTIFF’S MOTION IN FDCPA CASE A District Court judge in California has partially granted a plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment while denying a defendant’s motion in a Fair Debt Collection Practices Act case, ruling that the defendant violated its discovery obligations by not providing documentation to prove the current … The post Daily Digest – July 22.

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Account Recovery

JULY 22, 2022

A District Court judge in California has partially granted a plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment while denying a defendant’s motion in a Fair Debt Collection Practices Act case, ruling that the defendant violated its discovery obligations by not providing documentation to prove the current creditor owned the debt in question and had a right to … The post Judge Denies Defendant’s MSJ, Partially Grants Plaintiff’s Motion in FDCPA Case appeared first on AccountsRec

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Fraser

JULY 22, 2022

COVID, Force Majeure, and Frustration of Purpose. Courts have rejected COVID-related force majeure and frustration of purpose arguments on the reasoning that the pandemic and its effects were foreseeable. Now in its third year, disruptions related to the pandemic are no longer unforeseeable and businesses should take note. Why it Matters : COVID-related frustration of purpose and force majeure are not cure-alls, and courts will not take these arguments at face value.

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Account Recovery

JULY 22, 2022

The number of scam robocalls has dropped by nearly 50% in the past year, but the number of scam text messages has increased by a factor of 12 in the same timeframe, according to a report released this week by the U.S. PIRG Education Fund. As well, about 80% of consumers are choosing not to … The post Robocall Numbers Declining, But Robotext Volume Exploding: Report appeared first on AccountsRecovery.net.

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NACM

JULY 22, 2022

? There's some truth behind the old adage--teamwork makes the dream work! 29% of credit professionals want more cross-functional training within their company and departments.?? Listen to this week's episode of our Extra Credit #podcast to learn how collaboration across departments can benefit credit and collections.

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Public Citizen

JULY 22, 2022

Last year, we published a link to Daniel Wilf-Townsend's Harvard Law Review article  Assembly-Line Plaintiffs. Now Jessica Steinberg of George Washington, Colleen F. Shanahan of Columbia, Anna E. Carpenter of Utah, and Alyx Mark of Wesleyan's Dept. of Government and the American Bar Foundation have written a response to it, The Democratic (Il)legitimacy of Assembly-Line Litigation, 135 Harv.

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