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Judge Grants MSJ for Defendant in FDCPA Case Over Letter Collecting for Alleged Unprovided Services

Account Recovery

In a case that was defended by Khari Ferrell and the team at Frost Echols, with Brendan Little of Lippes Mathias acting as local counsel, a District Court judge in New York has granted a defendant’s motion for summary judgment in a Fair Debt Collection Practices Act case involving a collection letter that was sent […]

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CFPB Sues Installment Lending Conglomerate for Illegally Churning Loans to Harvest Hundreds of Millions in Loan Costs and Fees

Consumer Finance

A CURO Group Holdings Company, Heights Finance, formerly known as Southern Management Corporation, induced struggling customers into a fee-harvesting and loan-churning scheme.

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Compliance Digest – August 21

Account Recovery

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HMRC Debt Collection & Management: An Expert Guide

Hudson Weir

In this guide we explore HMRC debt management and collection, including the options if your business is struggling to make a repayment. If that’s the case, your company isn’t alone. The National Audit Office reports the total tax debt reached £42bn in September 2021, up from £16bn in January 2020 before COVID-19. While the pandemic has now subsided, many businesses continue to struggle with debt.

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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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Minnesota AG Announces ‘Renewed’ Focus on Medical Billing, Announces Investigation

Account Recovery

The Attorney General of Minnesota on Friday announced a series of new steps to demonstrate his “renewed focus” on medical billing, while also announcing an investigation into a healthcare facility that was reportedly canceling appointments for patients that had unpaid medical debts.

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Appeals Court Partially Overturns Ruling in TCPA, FCRA Case Involving Improper Collection Activity

Account Recovery

The Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit has partially affirmed and partially vacated an award in a case the Court said would make for a great hypothetical law school exam involving allegations of improper debt collection activity and alleged violations of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act and the Fair Credit Reporting Act.

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Homeowner Files Cert Petition Over Whether an HOA Assessment Qualifies as a “Credit Transaction” under the FCRA

Troutman Sanders

The U.S. Supreme Court has been asked to decide whether a homeowner association (HOA) assessment constitutes a “credit transaction” under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), which would open up an inquiry to the fundamental scope of one of the FCRA’s most important permissible purposes. On March 17, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a district court’s grant of summary judgment in a law firm’s favor holding that it had a permissible purpose under FCRA to obtain a homeowner’s consumer re

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Daily Digest – August 21. Judge Grants MSJ for Defendant in FDCPA Case; Minn. AG Announces ‘Renewed’ Focus on Medical Billing

Account Recovery

Judge Grants MSJ for Defendant in FDCPA Case Over Letter Collecting for Alleged Unprovided Services Minnesota AG Announces ‘Renewed’ Focus on Medical Billing, Announces Investigation Appeals Court Partially Overturns Ruling in TCPA, FCRA Case Involving Improper Collection Activity Compliance Digest – August 21 WORTH NOTHING: Photos from the first tropical storm to hit California in […]

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Ninth Circuit “Voices” Its Rejection of Plaintiff’s Attempt to Expand TCPA

TCPA

The Ninth Circuit recently rejected the argument that a text message qualifies as an “artificial or prerecorded voice” under the TCPA. See Trim v. Reward Zone USA LLC, 2023 WL 5025264, 2023 U.S. App. LEXIS 20445 (9th Cir. Aug. 8, 2023).

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When It Comes to Collections Software, “Good Enough” Isn’t Good Enough

Are you finding some snags in your collections process? With delinquencies, and the number of consumers looking for payment assistance on the rise, it may be time to consider an efficient cloud-based software to support your team. Learn how MeridianLink® Collect has helped financial institutions like yours streamline collections processes.

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Troutman Pepper Weekly Consumer Financial Services Newsletter

Troutman Sanders

To help you keep abreast of relevant activities, below find a breakdown of some of the biggest events at the federal and state levels to impact the Consumer Finance Services industry this past week: Federal Activities State Activities Federal Activities: On August 21, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) issued a proclamation allowing national banks, federal savings associations, and federal branches and agencies of foreign banks to close offices in areas of California, Nevada, an