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The Least Sophisticated Podcast Features 2 New Episodes June 28, 2018 -- Maurice Wutscher attorneys Eric Rosenkoetter and Brent Yarborough are continuing their compliance podcast for the accounts receivable management industry, “The Least Sophisticated Podcast.” Named as a nod to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act’s least sophisticated consumer provisions, the podcast has released nine episodes so far. The most recent episode discusses the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection’s June 13 consent order with a holding company and its affiliated operating entities engaged in consumer... Read more » Maurice Wutscher’s Alan Hochheiser to Discuss Tuition Recovery in Bankruptcy in ABA Webinar June 18, 2018 — Maurice Wutscher attorney Alan C. Hochheiser will be among a panel of speakers presenting an ABA webinar focusing on tuition recovery in bankruptcy on June 21, at noon, entitled “Avoidances Relating to the Debtor's Children: College and Private Secondary School Tuition." Panelists will discuss the state of the law concerning a chapter 7 trustee's avoidance of a debtor's pre-petition payment of college tuition for a child, as well as the pre-petition payment of private secondary school tuition for a debtor's child. The law... Read more » Maurice Wutscher’s Donald Maurice to Speak at NIADA/NABD Convention June 6, 2018 — Maurice Wutscher attorney Donald Maurice will discuss regulatory developments and compliance strategies in debt collection at the NIADA/NABD Convention & Expo in Orlando, June 18-21. Mr. Maurice’s breakout session — Top Litigation Risks in Debt Collection — will examine the top risks in servicing BHPH accounts and the rules behind first-party debt collection. The conference is presented by the National Independent Automobile Dealers Association and the National Alliance of Buy Here, Pay Here Dealers. For more... Read more » Webinar to Discuss Active, Passive Debt Buyers and Which Are Subject to FDCPA May 22, 2018 — Maurice Wutscher attorney Donald Maurice will be among a panel of speakers, including an attorney with the Federal Trade Commission, that will discuss how the 2017 Supreme Court case Henson v. Santander is impacting debt buyers during an RMA International webinar tomorrow at noon ET. The U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Henson v. Santander held that not all entities that purchase defaulted debt are subject to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act. Although Santander addressed the issue in the context of a national bank,... Read more » Maurice Wutscher’s Eric Rosenkoetter Profiled by AccountsRecovery.net May 17, 2018 -- Maurice Wutscher attorney Eric Rosenkoetter has been profiled by AccountsRecovery.net, which also produces Mr. Rosenkoetter’s podcast, co-hosted with Maurice Wutscher’s Brent Yarborough. The light-hearted interview discusses everything from his "career highlight" to what Mr. Rosenkoetter thinks he would be doing if he wasn’t involved with law and the financial services industry. To read the full interview, visit AccountsRecovery.net by clicking here. “The Least Sophisticated Podcast,” named as a nod to the Fair Debt... Read more » Maurice Wutscher’s Donald Maurice Authors Articles for RMA Insights May 16, 2018 — Maurice Wutscher attorney Donald Maurice discusses the Telephone Consumer Protection Act as well as a favorable ruling for the debt buying industry in two articles for the spring issue of RMA Insights. In "DC Circuit Dials Back on FCC's Broadening of TCPA," Mr. Maurice discusses the D.C. Circuit’s recent ruling in ACA International v. FCC, et al. on the Federal Communications Commission’s 2015 TCPA order, which, he writes, "created uncertainty and confusion that only multiplied risk and offered little in the way... Read more » Maurice Wutscher’s Thomas Dominczyk Authors Article on Interest Disclosure April 20, 2018 — Maurice Wutscher attorney Thomas R. Dominczyk has written an article discussing interest disclosure in collection notices for the April 19 issue of Consumer Financial Services Law Report. In “2nd Cir. Cleans Up Interest Disclosure Mess, Upholds Taylor," Mr. Dominczyk writes that "a 2d U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel issued a critical blow to a recent spate of Fair Debt Collection Practices Act lawsuits attempting to create liability out of thin air" when it issued its ruling in Taylor v. Financial Recovery Services,... Read more » Next Page » « Previous Page

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The Least Sophisticated Podcast Features 2 New Episodes

June 28, 2018 -- Maurice Wutscher attorneys Eric Rosenkoetter and Brent Yarborough are continuing their compliance podcast for the accounts receivable management industry, “The Least Sophisticated Podcast.” Named as a nod to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act’s least sophisticated consumer provisions, the podcast has released nine episodes so far. The most recent episode discusses the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection’s June 13 consent order with a holding company and its affiliated operating entities engaged in consumer...

Maurice Wutscher’s Alan Hochheiser to Discuss Tuition Recovery in Bankruptcy in ABA Webinar

June 18, 2018 — Maurice Wutscher attorney Alan C. Hochheiser will be among a panel of speakers presenting an ABA webinar focusing on tuition recovery in bankruptcy on June 21, at noon, entitled “Avoidances Relating to the Debtor's Children: College and Private Secondary School Tuition." Panelists will discuss the state of the law concerning a chapter 7 trustee's avoidance of a debtor's pre-petition payment of college tuition for a child, as well as the pre-petition payment of private secondary school tuition for a debtor's child. The law...

Maurice Wutscher’s Donald Maurice to Speak at NIADA/NABD Convention

June 6, 2018 — Maurice Wutscher attorney Donald Maurice will discuss regulatory developments and compliance strategies in debt collection at the NIADA/NABD Convention & Expo in Orlando, June 18-21. Mr. Maurice’s breakout session — Top Litigation Risks in Debt Collection — will examine the top risks in servicing BHPH accounts and the rules behind first-party debt collection. The conference is presented by the National Independent Automobile Dealers Association and the National Alliance of Buy Here, Pay Here Dealers. For more...

Webinar to Discuss Active, Passive Debt Buyers and Which Are Subject to FDCPA

May 22, 2018 — Maurice Wutscher attorney Donald Maurice will be among a panel of speakers, including an attorney with the Federal Trade Commission, that will discuss how the 2017 Supreme Court case Henson v. Santander is impacting debt buyers during an RMA International webinar tomorrow at noon ET. The U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Henson v. Santander held that not all entities that purchase defaulted debt are subject to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act. Although Santander addressed the issue in the context of a national bank,...

Maurice Wutscher’s Eric Rosenkoetter Profiled by AccountsRecovery.net

May 17, 2018 -- Maurice Wutscher attorney Eric Rosenkoetter has been profiled by AccountsRecovery.net, which also produces Mr. Rosenkoetter’s podcast, co-hosted with Maurice Wutscher’s Brent Yarborough. The light-hearted interview discusses everything from his "career highlight" to what Mr. Rosenkoetter thinks he would be doing if he wasn’t involved with law and the financial services industry. To read the full interview, visit AccountsRecovery.net by clicking here. “The Least Sophisticated Podcast,” named as a nod to the Fair Debt...

Maurice Wutscher’s Donald Maurice Authors Articles for RMA Insights

May 16, 2018 — Maurice Wutscher attorney Donald Maurice discusses the Telephone Consumer Protection Act as well as a favorable ruling for the debt buying industry in two articles for the spring issue of RMA Insights. In "DC Circuit Dials Back on FCC's Broadening of TCPA," Mr. Maurice discusses the D.C. Circuit’s recent ruling in ACA International v. FCC, et al. on the Federal Communications Commission’s 2015 TCPA order, which, he writes, "created uncertainty and confusion that only multiplied risk and offered little in the way...

Maurice Wutscher’s Thomas Dominczyk Authors Article on Interest Disclosure

April 20, 2018 — Maurice Wutscher attorney Thomas R. Dominczyk has written an article discussing interest disclosure in collection notices for the April 19 issue of Consumer Financial Services Law Report. In “2nd Cir. Cleans Up Interest Disclosure Mess, Upholds Taylor," Mr. Dominczyk writes that "a 2d U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel issued a critical blow to a recent spate of Fair Debt Collection Practices Act lawsuits attempting to create liability out of thin air" when it issued its ruling in Taylor v. Financial Recovery Services,...

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