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U.S. Court of Appeals Upholds Decision that Debt Collection Agency Violated Law with Phone Calls
Elizabeth Lupia of Colorado Springs has won a case against a medical debt collection company. The Court ruled that this collection company, Medicredit, Inc. had violated consumer protection law because collection calls continued after she had specifically asked to stop … Continue reading
More than 323K Borrowers with Disabilities to Receive Automatic Student Loan Forgiveness
The Biden administration announced that it would set up more than 323 thousand borrowers with a total and permanent disability (TPD) for $5.8 billion in automatic federal student loan forgiveness. The Education Department announced that it would no longer make … Continue reading
Former KU Med Center Administrator Charged With Embezzlement
A former administrator at the University of Kansas Medical Center faces criminal charges that he embezzled more than $500,000 from KU. A charging document filed in federal court accuses Michael Ahlers of diverting money from the KUMC Credit Union between … Continue reading
Debt Collectors, Payday Lenders Collected over $500 Million in Federal Pandemic Relief
More than 1,800 Paycheck Protection Program loans last year went to debt collectors and high-interest lenders, according to the Washington Post. The aid to these firms amounted to more than $580 million. More than 170 of those recipients have been … Continue reading
Jackson County Court temporarily halts eviction writs and proceedings
The Jackson County Circuit Court has temporarily suspended eviction proceedings and service of eviction writs after placing two process deputies on leave for shooting a man while serving an eviction writ on Jan. 8. In a tight spot financially? Contact … Continue reading
N.R.A. Declares Bankruptcy and Seeks to Exit New York
Seeking an end-run around an investigation by the New York attorney general, the National Rifle Association said that it was declaring bankruptcy and would reincorporate in Texas. The group’s effort to circumvent New York’s legal jurisdiction raised immediate questions from … Continue reading
Macy’s to Close 45 Stores this Year
Department store operator Macy’s Inc. said yesterday that it would close about 45 stores this year as part of its three-year plan to lower store count in order to focus on its more productive outlets, Reuters reported. Even before the … Continue reading
Crash Was a Driving Accident, Not a Breakfast Accident
Statute bars compensation for injury resulting from “risk unrelated to the employment to which workers would have been equally exposed outside of and unrelated to the employment in normal nonemployment life.” Risk means activity. That exclusion, like all workers’ compensation … Continue reading
Motion for Summary Judgment Leaves Material Facts in Genuine Dispute
In an action to enforce settlement, on a motion for summary judgment, movant included two documents naming different sums. Each party claimed that a different document constituted a settlement offer, movant the first and non-movant the second. Non-movant’s response to … Continue reading
Trump Signs Stimulus and Government Spending Bill into Law, Averting Shutdown
President Trump signed the stimulus bill into law yesterday, releasing $900 billion in emergency relief funds into the economy and averting a government shutdown. White House officials didn’t explain why the president decided to suddenly sign into law a bill … Continue reading