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Daily Digest – April 16. Suit Accuses Law Firm of Filing False Affidavit of Service; CFPB Letters Demonstrate Support for State Medical Debt Credit Reporting Efforts

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Suit Accuses Law Firm of Filing False Affidavit of Service CFPB Letters Demonstrate Support for State Medical Debt Credit Reporting Efforts Judge Recommends Dismissal of FCRA ‘Permissible Purpose’ Case Against Collector Ed. Dept.

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Suit Accuses Law Firm of Filing False Affidavit of Service

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Judge Recommends Dismissal of FCRA ‘Permissible Purpose’ Case Against Collector

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In a case that was defended by Martin Golden Lyons Watts Morgan with local representation by Smith Debnam, a Magistrate Court judge in South Carolina has recommended that a Fair Credit Reporting Act lawsuit against a debt collector be dismissed because the plaintiff failed to plead facts that the defendant did not have a permissible […]

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CFPB Letters Demonstrate Support for State Medical Debt Credit Reporting Efforts

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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has made no secret of the fact that it wants states to be more proactive when it comes to regulating the financial services industry, and now there are a couple of pieces of evidence to show just how supportive the Bureau is of those efforts.

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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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Ed. Dept. Releases Student Loan Repayment Data

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The Department of Education has released data regarding repayment trends following the end of the student loan payment moratorium with the intention of noting how many borrowers are making their loan payments on time and how the average payment among those making payments has “nearly” returned to its pre-pandemic level.