Daily Digest - May 15, 2025

🎂🎉 Happy Birthday to: Charles Riter of Emergent Business Group, Jeff Hieber of Mnet Health Services, Tom Gillespie of Access Receivables Management, and Casey Hicks of Weltman, Weinberg & Reis.

🙌 🥳 Congratulations to Noel Crichton, who was promoted to Manager, Seller Audit & Compliance at Crown Asset Management.

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Getting to Know Cheryl Spanier of Medical Data Systems

• When we finally getting around to hosting an industry potluck, we can count on Cheryl Spanier to bring her famous lasagna. Not only because of how good it tastes, but because Cheryl is someone who is always willing to help, like how she got her start in the industry, her work with HFMA and her dream job of working with disadvantaged children. Read on to learn more about Cheryl, why she still considers herself a student to this day, and why the golden rule means so much to her.

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Florida Updates Collection Law to Allow Overnight Emails to Consumers

• The Florida Legislature has passed a bill that would allow collectors to communicate with consumers via email outside of the normal 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. window, noting that the channel is “less invasive and less disruptive” than telephone calls.

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Pennsylvania Court Affirms Remote Testimony in Debt Collection Dispute

• A Pennsylvania Appeals Court has affirmed a lower court’s ruling in favor of a creditor that sued a consumer over an unpaid credit card bill, where the trial court allowed a witness to testify remotely.

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CFPB Pulls Plug on Data Broker Rule

• The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced yesterday that it is officially withdrawing its proposed rule that would have brought data brokers under the scope of the Fair Credit Reporting Act. The rule, originally proposed in December 2024 under then-Director Rohit Chopra, aimed to reclassify data brokers as consumer reporting agencies and impose stricter standards on the use and sale of sensitive personal information.

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