Proposed rules beef up consumer protections in debt collection
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Special counsel hired to collect debts for the state of Ohio may use the state attorney general’s letterhead without violating the Fair Debt Collections Act,… ABA Journal Daily News
Disbarred collections attorney Alan Gallas on Wednesday pleaded guilty to mail fraud in federal court in Kansas City. The 64-year-old founding partner of Gallas &… ABA Journal Daily News
The Securities and Exchange Commission is looking at whether mortgage servicers are boosting profits by prematurely unleashing debt collectors on delinquent borrowers, a person with direct knowledge of the matter said. The probe is focusing on servicers that are not owned by banks, including Ocwen Financial, the person said. Foreclosure News
More than 20 years after one of the most notorious crimes of the 20th Century, the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah building in Oklahoma… ABA Journal Daily News
The National Security Agency ceased collecting bulk data for America’s phone records at midnight Saturday, as required by law. But the door remains open for… ABA Journal Daily News