Fri.Mar 29, 2024

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Judge Rules MTD Should be Granted in FDCPA Case Over Email Preference for Communications

Account Recovery

A Magistrate Court judge in Texas has recommended that a defendant’s motion to dismiss a Fair Debt Collection Practices Act be granted after it was sued for sending a letter to the plaintiff who had indicated that the only convenient way to contact him was via email.

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How the Pregnancy Workers Fairness Act of 2023 Compares to the Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978

Jimerson Firm

Regulations related to pregnant workers were recently expanded by the Pregnancy Workers Fairness Act (PWFA), effective June 27, 2023. In this blog post, we will evaluate how the PWFA compares to its predecessor, the Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978 (PDA), to understand how regulations related to pregnant workers have changed with the installation of the PWFA.

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Daily Digest – Class-Action Accuses Firm of Filing Suit in Wrong State; Judge Rules MTD Should be Granted in FDCPA Case Over Email Preference for Communications

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Class-Action Accuses Firm of Filing Suit in Wrong State Judge Rules MTD Should be Granted in FDCPA Case Over Email Preference for Communications Judge Grants MTD in FDCPA Over Whether Plaintiff Disputed Debt Judge Declines to Strike Down N.J.

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Judge Grants MTD in FDCPA Over Whether Plaintiff Disputed Debt

Account Recovery

We have discussed at great lengths all the different ways that consumers can say they are disputing a debt without using the word dispute. Sometimes because they don’t know they didn’t say it and sometimes because they are trying to trap the collector into thinking the debt wasn’t disputed when it actually was.

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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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Judge Declines to Strike Down N.J. Law Requiring Credit Reports be Made Available in Spanish

Account Recovery

A District Court judge in New Jersey has ruled that the state can require the three major credit bureaus have to provide credit reports in Spanish as well as English, but the bureaus do not have to make the reports available in 10 languages which was required under state law.

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