On July 10, the West Virginia attorney general, along with 26 other states, filed an amicus brief in support of respondents in Consumer Financial Protection Bureau v. Community Financial Services Association of America, arguing that the CFPB’s funding structure violates the Constitution and that by operating outside the ordinary appropriations process states are often left “out in the cold.” In their brief, the states urged the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit’s decision in which it found that the Bureau’s “perpetual self-directed, double-insulated funding structure” violated the Constitution’s Appropriations Clause.
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Phone calls and text messages are the most effective ways to reach consumers in the debt collection world. Unsurprisingly, they are also the most heavily regulated modes of communication. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) recently made significant changes to the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) for calls and texts, and those changes have made it even more difficult for collectors to reach consumers about their past-due debt.
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FAIRFIELD, N.J. -- Vertican Technologies, a global leader in the legal collections software industry, is excited to announce its corporate rebranding and the launch of its newly designed website, set to go live in the coming months.
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