Seventh Circuit rules Disclosure of Personal Information to Vendor is not an Injury
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CFPB's Policy Statement on Abusiveness (Part 2) - The Consumer Finance Podcast
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Can My Creditors Put me In Jail?
20 Things a Debt Collector Can't Do
5 Reasons Consumers Should File an FDCPA Lawsuit
The TCPA: Basics, Targeted Industries, and Trends
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The U.S. House of Representatives unanimously passed a bipartisan bill, H.R. 5003 - also referred to as the Fair Debt Collection Practices for Servicemembers Act - aimed to enhance protections for servicemembers against debt...more
A bill recently introduced in the House of Representatives would temporarily expand federal protections under the Fair Debt Collections Practices Act (FDCPA) - the federal statute that limits aggressive debt-collection...more
On November 14, 2019, the House Committee on Financial Services passed the following bills which would amend the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and tighten consumer protections. The bills will now make their way...more
The West Virginia Senate Judiciary Committee and the West Virginia Senate recently approved amendments to the West Virginia Consumer Credit and Protection Act (“WVCCPA”), West Virginia Code §§ 46A-1-101 et seq, which was last...more
In This Issue: - Zombie (Debt Collector) Beware: West Virginia Expands Prohibited Actions: America's fascination with zombies infiltrated the West Virginia Legislature during the 2014 Regular Session, resulting...more