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Arizona AG Announces $1.6 Million Settlement with Debt Collectors

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On May 16, 2022, the Arizona Attorney General’s Office (Arizona AG) announced that it reached a settlement agreement with the owner of several debt collection companies regarding alleged deceptive debt collection practices in...more

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North Carolina Files Suit Against DuPont And Chemours Over GenX And Other PFAS Contamination

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On October 13, 2020, North Carolina, acting through its Attorney General, filed suit in state court against DuPont, Chemours and related companies seeking costs to investigate, assess, remediate, restore and remedy PFAS...more

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WV AG Primary Results | $3.6 M Misleading Advertising Settlement | AGs Seek Stay Of Pipeline Injunction

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COVID-19- Planning a Trip During the Pandemic? Add Reliability of Travel Agency to Your Worry List- •Massachusetts AG Maura Healey sued online travel agency BookIt Operating, LLC, d/b/a BookIt.com, and its CEO...more

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Massachusetts AG Settles With Auto Lender Over Exceeding Interest Rate Caps

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On December 27, 2018, the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office (AG) announced? that it had entered into a consent order with an auto lender, resolving allegations that the lender violated the Massachusetts Cost of Consumer...more

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Virginia AG Settles with Local Small Dollar Lender Over Excessive Fees

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On August 1, 2017, the Virginia Attorney General’s Office (AG) announced? that it had entered into a consent order with a state pawnbroker, settling allegations that the company overcharged consumers and was “skirting laws.” ...more

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Debt Collection Firm Enters Consent Judgment for $1 Million in Restitution with Massachusetts AG

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On July 27, 2017, the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office (Massachusetts AG) announced that it ?entered into a consent judgment? with the largest debt collection law firm in the state and two of its principals. The agreed...more

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State AGs Again Target Abuses Against Student Borrowers, Military

Demonstrating the continuing enforcement activity by state attorneys general with respect to student lending and active servicemembers, the AGs in Massachusetts and New York recently obtained consent orders from,...more

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CFPB and DOJ file submissions opposing state AGs’ proposal to redirect unused settlement funds to NAAG

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We previously reported that the Connecticut Attorney General, on behalf of the Attorneys General of Indiana, Kansas and Vermont, (the “state AGs”) had filed a joint motion to intervene in a CFPB enforcement action against...more

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Online Fast Cash Lenders to Pay $9 Million to Settle Claims of Illegal Lending to North Carolina Consumers

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On June 21, 2016, the North Carolina Attorney General announced that two online fast cash lenders have agreed to pay more than $9 million in refunds for allegedly illegal loans issued to North Carolina consumers. The...more

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Colorado Attorney General Announces Lenders Will Return $8 Million to Consumers over Alleged Usurious Loans

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On June 8, 2016, the Colorado Attorney General announced that several national lenders were ordered to pay approximately $8 million in restitution to Colorado consumers over alleged usurious loans, which violated Colorado’s...more

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Advertising Law - October 2015 #3

With EU Safe Harbor Invalidated, Companies Ask: What Now? - What happens now?: That is the question that businesses across the country are asking after the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) threw out the...more

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CFPB Brings Another Auto Lender Action, This Time for $48M

Why it matters - Continuing its focus on the auto lending industry, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ordered Westlake Services LLC and subsidiary Wilshire Consumer Credit LLC to pay roughly $48 million for...more

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Regulators Keep Their Feet on the Gas in Actions Against Auto Lenders; NY AG Latest to Bring Suit

Why it matters - The automotive industry is continuing to face heavy scrutiny from regulators. On the heels of a Federal Trade Commission operation and new oversight from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the...more

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Credit Card Issuer Debt Collection Consent Order: The CFPB’s Latest Rulemaking Through Enforcement Effort

On Wednesday, July 8, the CFPB announced its latest — and largest — settlement of claims of unfair and deceptive debt collection practices. The OCC and 47 State Attorneys General all were part of the overall settlement. The...more

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Recent State Attorney General Merger Enforcement: Charting a Different Path from the Feds - or Not?

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As hospital and physician consolidation continues, state Attorneys General (AG) have not abdicated the merger enforcement arena to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) or the United States Department of Justice (DOJ)...more

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