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MACA members participate in 2025 Washington Insights

Over June 3-5, 2025, MACA participated in ACA's 2025 DC Fly-in held in Washington, DC. Members participated in education sessions conducted by ACA, and visited with Congressional representatives to advocate on behalf of the industry. Pictured below left to right are Carmen Riter, Harry Strausser, Rep. Dan Meuser (R-PA) & Chuck Riter.

MACA announces results of 2024 Board Election and Officer Election

On Monday, September 9, 2024, the General Membership elected the following individuals to serve a one-year term on the Board of Directors:

Harry Albert, Jr.

Modern Recovery Solutions

Patricia A. Cobb, Chief Operations Officer

Ability Recovery Services, LLC

Billy Comer, Director
HealthCare Financial Services

Steven Kusic

National Recovery Agency

Monica M. Littman, Partner

Kaufman Dolowich LLP

Charles W. Riter, Jr.

Emergent Business Group

Tammy Robertson, President
Eastern Revenue Inc.

Jim Simmermon

Collection Service Center, Inc.

Harry A. Strausser III, President

Applied Innovation, Inc.

Daniel Venditti, Chief Operating Officer

Starmark Financial

Following adjournment of the Annual Meeting, the newly elected Board convened for officer elections. Officers elected to serve a two-year term ending September 2026 are:

President

Monica M. Littman, Partner

Kaufman Dolowich LLP

Vice President

Daniel Venditti, Chief Operating Officer

Starmark Financial

Treasurer

Jim Simmermon

Collection Service Center, Inc.

Secretary

Tammy Robertson, President
Eastern Revenue Inc.

Upcoming events

2025 Northeast Debt Collection Expo

07 Sep 2025 5:00 PM • Hard Rock Casino, Atlantic City, NJ

California Expands Scope of Rosenthal Fair Debt Collection Act to Certain Commercial Debts

Posted November 15, 2024: According to a a post on Kaufman Dolowich LLP's web site dated November 6, 2024, on September 24, 2024, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 1286 into law, broadening the scope of California’s Rosenthal Fair Debt Collection Act (“Rosenthal Act”) to include certain commercial transactions.

Today, the Rosenthal Act prohibits debt collectors from engaging in unfair or deceptive debt collection acts or practices when collecting consumer debt. On July 1, 2025, the effective date of Senate Bill 1286, the purview of the Rosenthal Act will expand to most commercial debt where the total amount owed by the debtor to the lender is $500,000 or less. Senate Bill 1286 states that the provisions of the Rosenthal Act will apply to covered commercial debt entered into, renewed, sold or assigned on or after July 1, 2025.

NYC Department of Consumer and Worker Protection Enacts New Debt Collection Rules

Posted September 17, 2024: The New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (“DCWP”) enacted new rules that introduce rigorous requirements for how debt collection agencies conduct their collection practices with consumers located in New York City. The new rules necessitate significant adjustments across several aspects of your agency’s collection operations.

The new rules represent a significant shift in how collections must be conducted with consumers located in New York City, including enhanced consumer disclosures, stricter recordkeeping requirements, limits on communication frequency and method, language access and communication, and revised debt validation and dispute processes.

A full overview of the debt collection rules can be found at the Kaufman Dolowich LLP News and Resources web page.

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