Armata v. Target Corp.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
1Opinion of the CourtLenk, J.
*790 **14 In this case, we construe the revised Massachusetts debt collection regulations, which limit how often a creditor may attempt to contact a debtor via telephone in order to collect a debt.
**15 Title 940 Code Mass. Regs. § 7.04(1)(f) (2012) (regulation), implementing G. L. c. 93A, § 2, prohibits creditors from "[i]nitiating a communication with any debtor via telephone, either in person or via text messaging or recorded audio message, in excess of two such communications in each seven-day period." Creditors are exempt under the regulation when they are "truly unable to reach the debtor or…
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