Antitrust Law Daily Wrap Up, CONSUMER PROTECTION NEWS: FTC announces panelists, topics for Debt Collection Dialogue in Atlanta, (Nov 12, 2015)

The FTC has announced the topics of the two panels at its Debt Collection Dialogues on November 18, 2015 in Atlanta. Earlier Dialogues were in Buffalo and Dallas. The event, which is free and open to the public, will be hosted by the Office of Georgia Attorney General Sam Olens, according to an agency release.

Attorney General Olens will provide the welcome, followed by an introduction by Christopher Koegel, Assistant Director, FTC Division of Financial Practices. The panels will feature discussions by law enforcement representatives and industry leaders on enforcement actions, consumer complaints, compliance issues, and industry best practices. Government representatives also will answer questions from industry members and others who attend, including questions about how enforcement actions are investigated and pursued.

The first panel, entitled “State Regulation and Enforcement of Debt Collection,” will have a representative from a national collection industry association and representatives from three state law enforcement agencies. Cindy Liebes, Director, FTC Southeast Region, will serve as moderator for the first panel.

Panelists will include Nick Jarman, President and COO, Delta Outsource Group, Inc., and member of the ACA International Board of Directors; Carri Grube Lybarker, Administrator, South Carolina Department of Consumer Affairs; Olha N.M. Rybakoff, Senior Counsel, Tennessee Attorney General's Office; and John Sours, Director, Consumer Protection Unit, Georgia Department of Law.

The second panel, entitled “Federal Regulation and Enforcement of Debt Collection,” will have representatives from three national collection industry organizations and three federal law enforcement agencies. Thomas Kane, Senior Staff Attorney, FTC Division of Financial Practices, will serve as moderator for the second panel.

Panelists will include Christopher Koegel; Gregory Nodler, Senior Counsel for Enforcement Policy and Strategy, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau; Kenneth Lennon, Assistant Director, Community and Consumer Law Division, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency; Harvey Moore, President, The Moore Law Group, and President, NARCA, The National Creditors Bar Association; Tim Bauer, President, insideARM, and Co-Executive Director, The Consumer Relations Consortium; and Brett Soldevila, Chief Compliance Officer, Security Credit Services, LLC, and Chair, Certification Standards Committee, DBA International.

The event will begin at 1 p.m. at the Latin American Association, 2750 Buford Highway, Atlanta, Georgia. More information, including how to pre-register and submit questions for the panelists in advance, is posted here.

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