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Maurice Wutscher Attorneys to Speak at RMAI Conference


Jan. 23, 2019 — Maurice Wutscher attorneys Alan Hochheiser, Donald Maurice and Shannon Miller will speak on a number of legal topics of interest to the receivables management industry at RMAI's annual conference in Las Vegas Feb. 5-7. Mr. Hochheiser will examine current legal issues in the debt buying industry and answer questions regarding best practices for debt buyers. Mr. Maurice will participate in a talk on the purchase and collection of international debt and give an update on state and federal legislative and regulatory...

Maurice Wutscher’s Shannon Miller to Discuss FDCPA-Compliant Notices in RMAI Webinar


Jan. 14, 2019 — Maurice Wutscher attorney Shannon P. Miller will be among a panel of speakers presenting an RMA International webinar Jan. 31, at noon ET, "Demand Letters and Disclosure Requirements." During the webinar, panelists will discuss the necessary components of an FDCPA-compliant validation notice and address the statutory requirements and evolving case law that has complicated the way debt buyers and debt collectors craft their notices. The panel will also review the kinds of disclosures that must appear in a debt validation...

Maurice Wutscher’s Alan Hochheiser to Review Year’s Key Bankruptcy Decisions in ABA Webinar


Jan. 7, 2019 — Maurice Wutscher attorney Alan C. Hochheiser will moderate an ABA webinar on Dec. 11, at noon ET, “Caselaw Updates: Federal Appellate Bankruptcy Decisions for 2017-2018." Panelists, including U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Jean FitzSimon, will discuss bankruptcy decisions of note issued from July 2017 through July 2018 by the U.S. Supreme Court, all federal courts of appeal, and all bankruptcy appellate panels. The webinar is being presented by the ABA Business Law Section’s Consumer Bankruptcy Committee and Business...

Maurice Wutscher’s Alan Hochheiser to Discuss New Value Defense in Bankruptcy in ABA Webinar


Nov. 20, 2018 — Maurice Wutscher attorney Alan C. Hochheiser will be among a panel of speakers presenting an ABA webinar Nov. 28, at noon ET, “The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals Weighs In On New Value Preference Defense – Kaye v. Blue Bell Creameries, Inc. (In re BFW Liquidation, LLC)”. Panelists will discuss the basics of preference avoidance actions under section 547 of the Bankruptcy Code and then focus on the 11th Circuit’s Blue Bell decision addressing whether the new value defense under section 547(c)(4) of the Bankruptcy...

TCPA Webinar to Give Guidance on Use of ATDS Following 9th Circuit Ruling


Oct. 1, 2018 — Maurice Wutscher attorney Donald Maurice will discuss how to properly interpret the Telephone Consumer Protection Act following the Ninth Circuit’s ruling in Marks v. Crunch San Diego, LLC during a webinar Wednesday, Oct. 10 at 11 a.m. PT / 2 p.m. ET. He will be joined by Abbas Kazerounian of Kazerouni Law Group APC who represented the consumer in Marks, where the principal issue on appeal was whether a text message sending device qualified as an ATDS for TCPA purposes. In...

Maurice Wutscher’s Donald Maurice, Ralph Wutscher to Discuss Fintech, Digital Tech, GDPR at GCS Credit Conference


Sept. 28, 2018 -- Maurice Wutscher attorneys Donald Maurice and Ralph Wutscher will speak on regulatory and digital tech topics impacting international credit and collection businesses at the GCS Credit Community World Conference in Strasbourg, France, Oct. 26-28. Mr. Maurice, who serves as outside counsel to RMA International, will speak on the digital transformation of credit and collections and moderate a panel discussion on GDPR, which will include Mr. Wutscher as a speaker. The GDPR panel will cover such issues as vicarious liability,...

Maurice Wutscher’s Alan Hochheiser, Donald Maurice to Present at ABA Business Law Meeting


Sept. 10, 2018 — Maurice Wutscher attorneys Alan Hochheiser and Donald Maurice will discuss consumer bankruptcy law and give guidance to financial services companies at the ABA Business Law Section Annual Meeting in Austin this week. Alan Hochheiser will moderate a panel review of federal appellate bankruptcy decisions over the last year. The session will provide analysis of the caselaw and guidance for business lawyers in their dealings with consumer debtors. Donald Maurice will discuss the unique issues of the pro se bankruptcy debtor...
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