Fri.Sep 22, 2023

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Daily Digest – September 22. Reaction to CFPB Medical Debt Rulemaking; Suit Accuses Collector of Ignoring Request to Only Communicate via Email

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CFPB Announces Rulemaking to Remove Medical Debt From Credit Reports Reaction to CFPB’s Medical Debt Announcement Judge Denies MTD in Case Against Owners of Payday Lending Company Accused of Hiding Millions to Avoid Fines Suit Accuses Collector of Ignoring Request to Only Communicate via Email WORTH NOTING: The world’s best pizza maker shares his tips […]

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Is It Legal? Lots of Legal Software Isn’t Original, But That’s Okay

NCBA Law Practice Management Blog

I’ve got some surprising news: some lawyer didn’t invent the idea of CRM software. Neither were the relational databases that serve as the backbone for law practice management softwares built for law firms. But, that’s okay. Because lots of software is derivative – including within the legal vertical, where there are uncountable numbers of copycats of Clio and RocketMatter , which introduced the first cloud-based case management softwares to lawyers.

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Solutions by Text Appoints New Chief Product Officer to Bring Payments & Messaging into New, Autonomous Era

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The Company Welcomes Software and Payments Industry Leader Nick Babinsky DALLAS, Sept. 21, 2023 — Solutions by Text (SBT), creator of FinText (™), an embedded messaging and payments platform for consumer finance businesses, today announced the appointment of Nick Babinsky as its Chief Product Officer.

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Sociable: Why Social Media Job Posting Services Are Great

NCBA Law Practice Management Blog

There are two primary ways that attorneys look to fill jobs in their law firms. First, they access their personal network s ; and, next: they look at traditional job posting services, like ZipRecruiter or Indeed. B ut , wh at if you strike out there ? W ha t’s ne xt? Well, social media services have job posting options, as well. And, they may be better than the traditional alternatives.

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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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Reaction to CFPB’s Medical Debt Announcement

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Yesterday, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced it was beginning the rulemaking process to remove medical debt from consumers’ credit reports.

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Suit Accuses Collector of Ignoring Request to Only Communicate via Email

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Pennsylvania Federal Court Declines to Dismiss Case Involving Political Message Allowing TCPA Claim Based on Prerecorded Message to Proceed, While Granting Dismissal of ATDS Claim

Troutman Sanders

In Perrong v. Bradford et al , the plaintiff alleged that the defendant, an elected official, violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) by calling his residential phone using a prerecorded message and an automatic telephone dialing system (ATDS). He further alleged that his telephone number was registered with both the national and Pennsylvania Do Not Call registries.

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Judge Denies MTD in Case Against Owners of Payday Lending Company Accused of Hiding Millions to Avoid Fines

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A District Court judge in Kansas has denied a motion to dismiss filed by a husband and wife who are being sued by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau for fraudulently trying to hide $13 million in assets as a means of avoiding having to use them to settle $40 million in fines and penalties that […]