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Why Your Data is Key to Reducing Risk and Increasing Efficiency During Investigations and Litigation
State AG Pulse | State AGs and Feds: The Dynamics of Influence & Collaboration
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The Justice Insiders Podcast: Feds Danske to a New Tune
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Keeping Up With the Bureau Episode 1: Overview of CFPB and State AG Initiatives/Expansion - The Consumer Finance Podcast
On March 29, the CFPB and the FTC jointly filed an amicus brief with the Eleventh Circuit in a matter involving a dispute under the Fair Credit Reporting Act. The case involves a consumer who filed disputes with a consumer...more
News accounts of instances of stolen identity in which identity thieves incur debts in the names of innocent consumers are common. Given the structure of the consumer credit industry, it is difficult for consumers to know...more
Welcome to Balch's Consumer Finance Compass, where we'll navigate the complex regulatory sphere that is consumer finance. I'm Jason Tompkins, chair of the firm's Issues and Appeals Practice and member of the Consumer Finance...more
Does a furnisher always have to reach the “right” answer when it investigates a consumer’s credit reporting dispute? Or does the furnisher just have to engage in a “reasonable” investigation of the dispute before responding?...more
In Milgram v. Chase Bank USA, N.A., --- F.4th ---, 2023 WL 3874276 (11th Cir. June 8, 2023), the Eleventh Circuit affirmed the district court’s dismissal of plaintiff’s FCRA claim based on the bank’s alleged failure to...more
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued a release on May 2, 2022, announcing the release of its Supervisory Highlights outlining identified consumer protection violations during the second half of 2021. In...more
The FTC recently finalized an order against a leading provider of business credit report services, alleged to have deceived business regarding the value of products offered and failing to correct errors on customers’ credit...more
Ponder v. Ocwen Loan Serv., LLC, 2018 WL 4474635 (N.D. Ga. July 30, 2018) is a reminder to furnishers of information to consumer reporting agencies to conduct a reasonable investigation of any reported errors the first time...more
Last week, the District Court for Colorado offered important insight into what it means for consumer reporting agencies to conduct a “reasonable reinvestigation” into a dispute. In Thomas v. Hyundai Capital Am., the plaintiff...more
Under CFPB’s broad mandate, many companies outside the financial services industry may be subject to expensive civil investigations. A for-profit technical school may not appear to be a financial services company. But...more
The CFPB recently issued a bulletin highlighting the obligations of debt buyers, debt collectors, and others who furnish information to credit reporting agencies (CRAs) under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). In...more
In This Issue: - Summary Of FCRA Obligations On Employers That Use Consumer Reports For Employment Purposes - Potential Liability For FCRA Non-Compliance And The Growing Wave Of FCRA Class Action -...more
Yesterday we blogged about CFPB Bulletin 2013-09, which examined the CFPB’s expectations of furnishers investigating disputes under the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA)....more
The CFPB has issued a bulletin to companies that furnish information to consumer reporting agencies (CRA) reminding them of their obligation under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) to investigate consumer disputes...more
An employer hires an outside investigator to examine allegations of employee misconduct. Is the employer required to obtain permission from the employee who is the subject of the investigation? The Federal Trade Commission...more