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Bankruptcy News Briefs 1/12

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New CFPB Research Highlights Need for Strong Regulations to Protect Consumers from Collection Abuses

Bankruptcy Filings Finish 2016 with Upward Turn

CFPB Releases Long Awaited Report on Consumer Debt Collection Survey

Court Rejects Spokeo Argument – Declines to Dismiss FDCPA Envelope Case

Credit Card Borrowing Influences Growth in Total Consumer Credit

Consumers’ Outlook on Credit Access Continues to Improve

Warren Outlines Plan to Save the CFPB

Report: 1-in-4 consumers contacted by debt collectors felt threatened

Tax Procedure: The Impact of Bankruptcy on Refund Claims.

Upcoming NACBA Events

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Join us in celebrating 25 years of NACBA on May 4th-7th in Orlando, Florida at the Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Resort. Visit NACBA25 for all the details on speakers, sessions, hotel reservations, registration and more!

Register today for the Early Bird Rate that ends March 3rd, 2017 for savings!

Save the Date! New NACBA Webinar in March

What to do: Post HAMP for Mortgage Borrower Clients
Date: Thursday, March 16, 2017, 3:00 PM Eastern to 4:00 PM Eastern.
Presented by: Marc Dann Esq., and Bobby Rivera Esq.
Registration will be open soon

Receive a $25 Amazon Gift Card!

In honor of NACBA’s 25th Anniversary, we want to reward you with a $25 Amazon Gift Card! Introduce a new member to NACBA and we will send you $25 Amazon Gift Card. Not only will YOU receive a $25 Amazon Gift Card but the NEW MEMBER will also receive a $25 Amazon Gift Card! Check out the Requirements and start referring today!

Renew Your NACBA Membership

We want you to have access and the member rate to all of NACBA’s exciting upcoming events in 2017, especially our 25 year celebration at the Annual Convention. Take a moment today to Renew your membership or if your not a member of NACBA there is no better time to Join!

#NACBA25 Highlight

Thursday, May 4th, 8:30 AM- 3:30 PM

Register Today!

PRE-CONVENTION SESSION: STUDENT LOAN WORKSHOP

You already know the importance of understanding student loans for your bankruptcy practice. This one-day, learning intense workshop will cover the basics, the complex and many topics in-between. The end result will allow you to make sense of your clients’ student loan situation and how to work it into your bankruptcy practice.

Learn where to find the information needed by your client, how to use that information and how to make mole hills out of mountains. This special pre-convention session will cover administrative discharges, all the repayment plans, the forgiveness plans and how to deal with private student loans as well. Take a look at this lineup:

Presenters:

Joshua Cohen, Esq. The Student Loan Lawyer, West Dover, VT (Bio)
Edward Boltz, Esq. NACBA President & Law Office of John T. Orcutt, Raleigh, NC (Bio)
John Rao, Esq. National Consumer Law Center, Boston, MA (Bio)

Agenda (subject to change without notice)

8:30 – 9:00 Student Loan Industry Entities & Their Roles
9:00 – 9:30 Types of Federal Loans
9:30 – 10:00 Administrative Discharges
10:00 – 10:15 Break
10:15 – 10:45 Default Consequences
10:45 – 11:15 Curing the Default
11:15 – 11:30 Balance Based Repayment
11:30 – 12:30 Lunch on your own
12:30 – 1:00 Income Driven Repayment
1:00 – 1:30 Forgiveness
1:30 – 2:00 Repayment Plans During
2:00 – 2:15 Break
2:15 – 2:45 Private Student Loan Defense (in and out of 13)
2:45 – 3:30 Review of 523a(8) with Analysis.

Please note, Pre-Convention sessions take place before the convention.These sessions are NOT included with your convention registration. These sessions are add-on sessions that take place on Thursday, May 4, 2017 Register Today!

Bankruptcy News Briefs 1/11

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Battle Lines Have Been Drawn – Midland v. Johnson

WSJ’s Daily Shot: Americans Are Loading Up on Credit-Card Debt

Allegedly Time-Barred Foreclosures Do Not Form Basis for FDCPA/FCCPA Lawsuits Outside Bankruptcy Context

Call Volume Alone Does Not Necessitate a Violation of the FDCPA

Illinois Federal Court Reaffirms Dismissal of TCPA Claims By Professional Plaintiff

Bankruptcies in Arizona improve again, but will trend last?

CFPB Taps Former Pentagon Legal Official to Head Office of Servicemember Affairs

Confidence in the Economy is Surging

Decline? The Delinquency Rate is ‘Simply Normalizing’

Why Millennials Boomerang Home: It’s Not Student Loans. It’s Worse

Md. Gov. Wants to Cap Tuition, Make Student Loan Debt Fully Deductible

Upcoming NACBA Events

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Register today for the Early Bird Rate that ends March 3rd, 2017 for savings!

Save the Date! New NACBA Webinar in March

Receive a $25 Amazon Gift Card!

Renew Your NACBA Membership

Bankruptcy News Briefs 1/10

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Bankruptcy Filings from U.S. Businesses in 2016 Surpass 2015 Total

CFPB Penalizes More Debt Collection

FTC Ends Enforcement Actions Under Operation Collection Protection

Senators Call on Trump to Fire Cordray

FTC Charges Joel Tucker in Fake Debt Sales Scheme; Brother Scott Tucker Ordered to Pay $1.3B in Separate 2016 Case

Judge Denies “Nomorobo” Operator’s Request to Alter Her Prior Opinion Dismissing TCPA Case

Latest CFPB Consent Order Changes the Rules for Collection Law Firms

CFPB Taps Former Pentagon Legal Official to Head Office of Servicemember Affairs

Advocates Applaud CFPB for Highlighting Older Student Loan Borrowers

A Debtor’s Allegedly False Financial Statement Doesn’t, At All, Excuse a Lack of Lender Diligence

Consumers To Receive Over $17 Million, Thanks To CFPB

Credit card spending jumped in November

Medical Debt Collection Firms Must Refund $577K For Threatening Consumers

Upcoming NACBA Events

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Register today for the Early Bird Rate that ends March 3rd, 2017 for savings!

Save the Date! New NACBA Webinar in March

Receive a $25 Amazon Gift Card!

Renew Your NACBA Membership

Bankruptcy News Briefs 1/9

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The CFPB and the FTC Should Divide Up Debt Collection Enforcement

Collection Agency Wins FDCPA Case Against Plaintiff Without an Account

Why NOT to reaffirm a mortgage in bankruptcy!

Courts Split on Definition of a “Return” for Tax Discharge

Ninth Circuit Rules Lease Damages Cap Does Not Apply to Damages Independent of Termination

Borrowers are Getting Back Into the Black

Arizona bankruptcy filings fell 10% in 2016

10-Year Low for Consumer Bankruptcy Filings

FCC Denies Exemption Under TCPA for Mortgage Servicers

Upcoming NACBA Events

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Register today for the Early Bird Rate that ends March 3rd, 2017 for savings!

Save the Date! New NACBA Webinar in March

Receive a $25 Amazon Gift Card!

Renew Your NACBA Membership

NACBA25 Highlight!

Get Ready for the 25th Annual NACBA Convention!

Orlando, Florida May 4th-7th 2017!

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There are some aspects of #NACBA25 that won’t change for example, our stellar sessions, outstanding keynote speakers, and an awesome location. However, we like to keep it fresh here at NACBA!

So What’s New?

CIRCUIT MEETINGS: New this year, NACBA will host individual circuit meetings for sharing of ideas and the latest “round-up” of what is taking place in the circuit where you practice. Circuit meetings will be led by Members of the Bench and or NACBA Members from the designated areas.

ADVANCED TOPICS: The convention planning committee has scheduled 6 advanced topics to challenge and inform even the most seasoned bankruptcy practitioner.

SATURDAY SCHEDULE: Given the location and that many attendees may include family, the committee planned an abbreviated schedule on Saturday, May 6th so attendees could take in the Walt Disney World parks and surrounding Orlando area without missing valuable CLE seminars.

There’s no time like the present to Register for #NACBA25 and receive savings with the Early Bird Rate!

See you in Orlando!