Dept. of ED Sustains Protests of 12 Firms, Denies 4, Leaves 3 Hanging

The saga of the United States Department of Education (ED) RFP for Private Collection Agencies had a new development this week. Rumors were flying within the ARM industry the past two days that ED had sustained some or all of the protests that had previously been filed by those companies not selected in the last RFP.  

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Court Rules Debt Buyer’s Small Claims Court Judgment Waived Right to Arbitration in Class Action Suit

On March 24, 2017, the Maryland Court of Appeals held that a debt buyer waived its right to arbitrate a consumer’s class action lawsuit, alleging that an unlicensed debt buyer violated Maryland law when it obtained a small claims collection judgment against the consumer in 2009 (Cain v. Midland Funding, LLC, No. 45, Sept. Term 2016, Filed March 24, 2017). 

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