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Advocacy, Lobbying, and The Grateful Dead

Updated: Friday, February 21, 2020 by Nathan Willner NCBA Government Affairs Officer What does The Grateful Dead have to do with advocacy? More on that later. I am happy to report that 2020 has started off with NCBA’s advocacy effort running on all cylinders. To organize all of the... Continue Reading

Maryland Collection Attorneys Subject to Back to Back Court of Appeal Rulings

On January 27, 2020 the Maryland Court of Appeals, in a 4-3 ruling, held that homeowner association assessments (HOA) come within the definition of a “consumer debt” . Continue Reading

All About insideARM's 2019 Women in Consumer & Commercial Finance Conference

Posted By Administration, Monday, November 18, 2019Updated: Thursday, January 2, 2020 Recorded Monday, November 18, 2019 In this podcast, NCBA Associate Executive Director Robin Cole talks with Amy Perkins, President of The iA Institute, about the upcoming Women in Consumer and Commercial... Continue Reading

Critical Things to Know When Collecting in West Virginia and Facing a Lawsuit from a Debtor in West

Recorded Friday, September 27, 2019 In this podcast, Nicholas Mooney will examine debt collection in West Virginia. Specifically, he will discuss what laws collectors need to be aware of when collecting in West Virginia, how do consumers use these laws against collectors, and what attempts have... Continue Reading

Debt Collection Litigation in the Supreme Court

Updated: Thursday, January 2, 2020 Recorded Thursday, September 26, 2019 In this podcast previewing the session of the same name at our upcoming 2019 Fall Conference in Washington, DC, Ronald Canter of The Law Offices of Ronald S. Canter, LLC discusses how historic Supreme Court rulings on... Continue Reading

NCBA Files Formal Debt Collection Rulemaking Comments with CFPB

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released its Notice of Proposed Rule on Debt Collection, Proposed Regulation F in May of this year. Continue Reading

7th Circuit's Lavallee v. Med-1 Solutions Decision: What You Need to Know

Posted By Administration, Friday, August 16, 2019Updated: Thursday, January 2, 2020 Recorded Friday, August 16, 2019 On August 8, 2019, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals (7th Cir.) published its opinion in the matter of Beth Lavallee v. Med-1 Solutions, LLC. The appeal "rests on Med-1’s... Continue Reading

NCBA's Amicus Brief in Van Hoven v. Buckles

Posted By Administration, Wednesday, April 10, 2019Updated: Thursday, January 2, 2020 Recorded Monday, May 10, 2019 Does the FDCPA’s “bona fide error” defense apply to errors of state law? On May 3, 2019, the National Creditors Bar Association submitted an amicus curiae brief... Continue Reading

The SCOTUS Obduskey Decision and the Questions It Raises

Posted By Administration, Monday, April 1, 2019Updated: Thursday, January 2, 2020 Recorded Monday, April 1, 2019 Travis Campbell and Tomio Narita of Simmonds & Narita, LLP and Brit Suttell of Barron & Newburger, P.C. summarize the recent SCOTUS Obduskey opinion, how it impacts law firms... Continue Reading

Get Clear About Your Business for Growth and Scale

Posted By Administration, Monday, March 18, 2019 Recorded March 6, 2019 Moving your business toward growth, scale and success is one of the biggest challenges you will face as a leader. Your team needs to be 100% clear on your vision - why you do what you do, where you want to go, and how... Continue Reading

Building an Ethically Strong Organization

Recorded January 14, 2019 The media is replete with examples of unethical corporate behavior that has caused many to question the values and ethics that underpin the decision making of corporate elites. In their recently published paper in MIT Sloan Management Review, Professor Catherine Bailey... Continue Reading