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CFPB files amicus brief in support of plaintiff in Fourth Circuit FDCPA case

The CFPB has filed an amicus brief in Bender v. Elmore & Throop, P.C., an appeal before the Fourth Circuit involving the application of the FDCPA’s one-year statute of limitations.  The brief supports the position of the...more

New York adopts amendments addressing collection of family member debts

On December 28, 2018, New York Governor Cuomo signed into law amendments to the state’s General Business Law (GBL) that address the collection of family member debts.  The amendments made by Senate Bill 3491A become effective...more

State AGs enter into settlement with debt buyer to resolve robosigning allegations

The Attorneys General of 42 states and the District of Columbia (collectively, the States) have entered into an Assurance of Voluntary Compliance/Assurance of Discontinuance (Agreement) with Encore Capital Group, Inc. and its...more

CFPB refuses to set aside or modify CID

The CFPB, in a decision and order signed by Acting Director Mulvaney, has denied the petition filed by Firstsource Advantage, LLC (Firstsource) to modify or set aside a civil investigative demand (CID) (Petition) that was...more

CFPB issues Spring 2017 rulemaking agenda

The CFPB’s Spring 2017 rulemaking agenda has been published as part of the Spring 2017 Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions. The preamble indicates that the information in the agenda is current as of...more

House Financial Services subcommittee to hold July 12 hearing on community financial institution relief; bills to be examined...

On July 12, 2017, a subcommittee of the House Financial Services Committee will hold a hearing entitled “Examining Legislative Proposals to Provide Targeted Regulatory Relief to Community Financial Institutions.” The...more

Director Corday announces extension of comment period for small business lending RFI, restructuring of debt collection rulemaking

In his prepared remarks for the Consumer Advisory Board meeting held on June 8, 2017, Director Cordray discussed CFPB initiatives in four areas. In addition to the CFPB’s letter to the top retail credit card companies...more

Court orders former president of debt collection company to pay $2 million penalty to FTC for alleged FDCPA/FTC Act violations

A Texas federal district court has entered a $2 million civil penalty judgment against the former president of a debt collection company for alleged violations of the FDCPA and FTC Act. ...more

FTC sends letter to CFPB on 2016 debt collection activities

The FTC has sent a letter to the CFPB summarizing the FTC’s debt collection activities in 2016.  The letter is intended to provide the CFPB with information for its annual report to Congress on the federal government’s FDCPA...more

CFPB settles FDCPA claims against debt collection law firms

The CFPB announced that it has entered into a consent order with two law firms specializing in the collection of medical debts and their president for alleged FDCPA violations.  The consent order also settles allegations that...more

CFPB files SCOTUS amicus brief in FDCPA case on filing bankruptcy proof of claim on time-barred debt

The CFPB has filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court in support of the respondent/consumer in Midland Funding, LLC v. Aleida Johnson, a decision of the Eleventh Circuit that held Midland’s alleged filing of an...more

CFPB Fall 2016 rulemaking agenda published

The CFPB’s Fall 2016 rulemaking agenda has been published as part of the Fall 2016 Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions. The preamble indicates that the information in the agenda is current as of...more

CFPB and NY Attorney General file federal court action against debt buyers

The CFPB announced that, jointly with the New York Attorney General, it has filed a lawsuit in a New York federal court against three companies that purchased consumer debts and two of the companies’ individual principals...more

CFPB previews debt collection rule in SBREFA outline

The CFPB has moved a step closer to issuing a debt collection rule by releasing an outline of the proposals it is considering in preparation for convening a small business review panel. The Small Business Regulatory...more

CFPB files supplemental amicus brief in Third Circuit FDCPA case to address Spokeo

The CFPB has filed a supplemental amicus brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in Bock v. Pressler & Pressler, LLP, the case in which the district court ruled that a debt collection law firm violated the...more

SCOTUS decides FDCPA case

On May 16, 2016, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously held in Sheriff v. Gillie that an independent contractor to the Ohio Attorney General (OAG) did not mislead consumers in violation of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act...more

CFPB announces consent orders with debt collection law firm, two law firm partners, debt buyer

The CFPB announced that it has entered into two consent orders involving debt collection litigation practices. A debt collection law firm and two of its partners are the subject of one consent order and a debt buyer is the...more

Second Circuit Resolves Lower Court Split over Interest and Late Fees in FDCPA Claims

When a consumer's current balance will increase over time due to interest and late fees, a debt collection notice must disclose this information, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has ruled. In Avila v....more

Solicitor General to participate in SCOTUS oral argument in FDCPA case

On March 29, 2016, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral argument in a Fair Debt Collection Practices Act case in which the CFPB joined the Solicitor General in filing an amicus brief in support of the plaintiffs. The court...more

CFPB issues 2016 FDCPA report

The CFPB has issued its fifth annual Fair Debt Collection Practices Act report covering the CFPB’s activities in 2015. In the background section of the report, the CFPB provides various statistics about the debt collection...more

CFPB issues bulletin on in-person debt collection

The CFPB has issued a bulletin (Compliance Bulletin 2015-07) to provide guidance to creditors, debt buyers and third-party debt collectors about compliance with the CFPA UDAAP prohibition and the FDCPA when conducting...more

CFPB files amicus brief in Seventh Circuit FDCPA case

The CFPB, together with the FTC, has filed an amicus brief in Franklin v. Parking Revenue Recovery Services, Inc., an FDCPA case pending in the Seventh Circuit. The CFPB joined the brief at the request of the FTC, which had...more

Beating a dead horse: CFPB announces default judgment against Corinthian

The CFPB announced that it has obtained a final default judgment against Corinthian Colleges, Inc. from the Illinois federal court in which it sued Corinthian in September 2014. In May 2015, Corinthian filed a petition under...more

Envelope’s Display of Barcode With Embedded Account Number Violates FDCPA, Federal Court Rules

A federal court in Pennsylvania has ruled that a debt collector violated the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) by sending a collection letter in an envelope that allegedly revealed a barcode in which the plaintiff’s...more

New CFPB lawsuit targets payment processors for debt collectors

A new CFPB enforcement action filed in federal district court in Atlanta and unsealed last week targeting an alleged debt collection scam names as defendants not only the debt collectors and their individual principals but...more

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