Account Recovery

APRIL 19, 2024

The Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has upheld a summary judgment ruling in favor of the defendants in a Fair Debt Collection Practices Act case, ruling that the plaintiff’s claims were outside the FDCPA’s one year statute of limitations and his attempt to request verification of the debt “was untimely by many years.

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Account Recovery

APRIL 19, 2024

Suit Accuses Collector of Contacting Plaintiff’s Brother Appeals Court Affirms Ruling for Defendants in FDCPA Case Appeals Court Affirms Arbitration Ruling in FDCPA Class Action Against Debt Buyer Ringleader of Student Loan Debt Relief Scam Settles with FTC WORTH NOTING: The cost of buying a home just hit another record high … The seven best […]

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Account Recovery

APRIL 19, 2024

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APRIL 19, 2024

The Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has upheld a lower court’s order compelling arbitration in a Fair Debt Collection Practices Act class-action case, ruling that the defendant purchased the rights of the contract governing the underlying debt as well as purchasing the debt itself.

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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

APRIL 19, 2024

The Federal Trade Commission has announced a settlement with the final defendant and “ringleader” of a student loan debt relief scam that bilked consumers out of nearly $9 million that will see the individual permanently banned from the debt relief industry and required to turn over assets to satisfy a $7.4 million judgment.

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