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Bankruptcy News Briefs 5/1

Collection Complaints, Lawsuits Both Grow: Report

Overall Consumer Credit Defaults Down Slightly

Courts Dismiss Two Lawsuits Against Collection Agencies

Court Halts Operation that Targeted Homeowners Facing Foreclosure

Patients and Healthcare Providers Feel Burden of Increased Medical Costs

Debate Over North Carolina Debt Buyer Bill Gets Personal, and Nasty

Regulator Sets New Rules on Credit-Union Membership

Objection to Discharge Should Have Been Dismissed as Untimely

Wage garnishment bill would cripple North Carolina families

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Bankruptcy News Briefs 4/30

National Association of Consumer Advocates and the National Consumer Law Center Support the Court Legal Access & Student Support (CLASS) Act

Child Support Exclusion Not Reduced By Expense Deduction

Global Debt Registry Strikes Partnership with TransUnion

State Bill in North Carolina Would Lift Collection Restrictions for Debt Buyers

Supreme Court to Hear Case on Statutory Damages Without Actual Harm; Could Impact FDCPA Cases

CFPB’s Report to Congress Highlights Enforcement, Rules

Court Disapproves Modification to Pay Outside Plan

Ed Dept. official: Corinthian students affected by closures can automatically get loans erased

Indiana and Pennsylvania District Courts Hold That Filing Proofs of Claim on Time-Barred Debt Does Not Violate FDCPA

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Bankruptcy News Briefs 4/29

ACA International Research Shows Phantom Debt Tops Consumer Complaints

State Senate Committee Votes to Ease Collection Rules

CFPB Fines Bank $7.5M for Allegedly Illegal Overdraft Fees

 City of Yonkers, New York Imposes New Debt Collection Requirements

Too Poor to File (for Bankruptcy)

Jeb Bush Says Puerto Rico Agencies Should Have Access to Bankruptcy

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Bankruptcy News Briefs 4/28

Harvey Miller, Bankruptcy Trailblazer, Dies at 82

Corinthian Collapse Renews Calls for Loan Forgiveness

Medical Debt Relief Bill Passes State’s Senate

College Loan Refinancing Legislation Returns to Congress

Big Jump in Debt Collection Complaints in March Drives Record First Quarter in CFPB Data

Federal Judge Sides with Collection Agency and Debt Buyer in Letter Class Action

Court Stops Debt Relief Operation

First Quarter Bankruptcy Filings Decline 15 Percent from 2014

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