Account Recovery

JULY 2, 2021

By virtue of not vetoing it, a new law has been enacted in Maine that expands the protections consumers will have with respect to garnishments, including for the first time, funds that consumers have in their bank accounts. This is the first time that Maine has updated its garnishment protections since the 1980s, according to … The post Maine Enacts Law Raising Garnishment Protections appeared first on AccountsRecovery.net.

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Enterprise Recovery

JULY 2, 2021

When hiring someone to manage accounts receivable and collections, you're effectively putting your business in their hands. Think about it. If you need to ensure payroll and other business expenses are paid, you need working capital. The best way to gain working capital is to improve DSO ( days sales outstanding ) or the amount of time it takes to collect from credit sales.

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Account Recovery

JULY 2, 2021

In what is reported to becoming an increasingly common development in Fair Debt Collection Practices Act cases across the country, a District Court judge in New Jersey has temporarily terminated a motion to certify a class action and issued an order to both the plaintiff and defendant in the case to submit briefs on the … The post Judge Orders Parties in FDCPA Class Action to Submit Briefs on Issue of Standing Following TransUnion Ruling appeared first on AccountsRecovery.net.

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Jimerson Firm

JULY 2, 2021

Over the past decade there has been a sharp rise in employment discrimination lawsuits filed by pro se plaintiffs (i.e., former employee plaintiffs who represent themselves). Although litigation against an unrepresented party may seem like a layup, it actually requires significant expense to defend because pro se plaintiffs often lack the training that is so crucial to the speedy and efficient disposition of cases.

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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 2, 2021

It’s Independence Day weekend here in the United States, so is there a better time to discuss the First Amendment to the Constitution? The timing is just coincidental, though, to Judge Howard Neilson of the District Court for the District of Utah, who relied heavily on the First Amendment’s Petition Clause to grant a defendant’s … The post Judge Uses First Amendment to Grant MTD in FDCPA Case appeared first on AccountsRecovery.net.

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Account Recovery

JULY 2, 2021

JUDGE ORDERS PARTIES IN FDCPA CLASS ACTION TO SUBMIT BRIEFS ON ISSUE OF STANDING FOLLOWING TRANSUNION RULING In what is reported to becoming an increasingly common development in Fair Debt Collection Practices Act cases across the country, a District Court judge in New Jersey has temporarily terminated a motion to certify a class action and … The post Daily Digest – July 2.

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Credit Corp

JULY 2, 2021

This article originally appeared on The Financially Independent Millennial and was republished with permission. Dividend growth investors may be familiar with the Dividend Aristocrats, a group of blue chip stocks in the S&P 500 Index that have each raised their dividends for at least 25 consecutive years. But there is a lesser-known group of stocks with even more impressive dividend streaks.

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Account Recovery

JULY 2, 2021

The governor of Pennsylvania has vetoed proposed legislation that would have allowed state courts to hire private collection agencies to recover unpaid court fines and costs, saying it could “disproportionately” harm low-income individuals. Backers of the legislation said that allowing state court judges to hire private collection agencies could help collect on a backlog of … The post Penn.

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Nerd Wallet

JULY 2, 2021

Imagine taking off to Europe in a spacious ergonomic seat in Lufthansa first class, indulging in signature caviar service and some top-shelf spirits before your gourmet meal, then watching a flight attendant transform your seat into a two-meter-long fully flat bed where you’ll sleep peacefully under a temperature-regulating duvet for the rest of your flight.

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Burr Forman

JULY 2, 2021

The digitization of various products, services, and business processes over recent years has been a boon for business. But, as our clients are well aware by now, it has brought attendant cybersecurity risks. The recent spate of ransomware attacks on organizations like Colonial Pipeline (disrupting nearly half of the East Coast’s gas supply for days) and JBS (affecting nearly 20% of the country’s meat market) underscores this reality.

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Troutman Sanders

JULY 2, 2021

On June 3, the Supreme Court issued its opinion in Van Buren v. United States , [1] holding that the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986 (CFAA) does not create liability when a user who is authorized to access information on a computer does so in a manner that violates an acceptable use policy. The Court’s decision significantly narrows the scope of the CFAA, which now applies only to hackers — that is, to users that breach code-based or otherwise absolute barriers in order to obtain access to

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Burr Forman

JULY 2, 2021

On June 29, 2021, the Supreme Court limited the doctrine of assignor estoppel that has long prevented inventors from challenging the validity of patents they have assigned to a third party. The judicially-created doctrine is grounded in fairness and prevents a patent assignor from warranting (at least implicitly) to the buyer that the patent is valid, but then later challenging the validity of the patent.

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Troutman Sanders

JULY 2, 2021

On June 23, Commissioner Christine Wilson, a Republican appointee, confirmed that she has agreed to use the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) rulemaking authority to craft comprehensive data privacy regulations. With Commissioner Wilson’s agreement, there is an even stronger chance that the FTC will engage in privacy-related rulemaking, especially since recently appointed FTC Chair Lina Khan has been a vocal supporter of more FTC rulemaking, as we reported here.

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Speaker: William Hord, Senior VP of Risk & Professional Services

Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) is critical for industry growth in today’s fast-paced and ever-changing risk landscape. When building your ERM program foundation, you need to answer questions like: Do we have robust board and management support? Do we understand and articulate our bank’s risk appetite and how that impacts our business units? How are we measuring and rating our risk impact, likelihood, and controls to mitigate our risk?

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Burr Forman

JULY 2, 2021

Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) provides that “[n]o individual shall be discriminated against on the basis of disability in the full and equal enjoyment of the goods, services, facilities, privileges, advantages, or accommodations of any place of public accommodation…” In Gil v. Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc. , the Eleventh Circuit for the first time addressed whether websites are included under ADA Title III’s prohibition against discrimination on the basis of disability in pl

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Burr Forman

JULY 2, 2021

A Refresher and Issues to Consider. Reprinted with permission from the ABI Journal, Vol. XL, No. 7, July 2021. Click here to read the full article. Since taking office, President Joseph R. Biden has confirmed his commitment to addressing environmental issues. On April 9, 2021, he proposed allocating $14 billion toward initiatives to fight climate change, including large cash injections for environmental regulation and science research.

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