TCPA CLASS COUNSEL LOSES MILLIONS: $60MM+ Class Recovery Looks to be Down the Tubes as Eleventh Circuit Finds No Insurance Coverage for TCPA Suit -
"The policy at issue has an exclusion for claims 'arising out of'...more
6/18/2021
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Attorney's Fees ,
Debt Collection ,
Debt Relief ,
Eviction ,
FDCPA ,
FHFA ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Injury-in-Fact ,
Standing ,
Student Loans ,
TCPA
Consumer Complaints to the CFPB for 2020 Up 54 Percent Over Previous Year -
"The CFPB handled about 542,300 complaints last year – a nearly 54 percent increase over the 352,400 complaints handled in 2019."
Why this is...more
COVID-19, the CARES Act and the Impact on Mortgage Forbearance -
In response to the coronavirus pandemic, the federal government passed the CARES Act, which provides a number of protections to homeowners unable to pay...more
11/19/2020
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Consumer Financial Products ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Debt Collection ,
Debt Collectors ,
FDCPA ,
Forbearance Agreements ,
Foreclosure ,
Homeowners ,
Mortgages ,
Student Loans
Is a Cap on Payday Loan Rates About Protecting the Poor or Eliminating a Service?
"Industry representatives say the proposed cap would drive most, if not all, payday lenders out of business and leave their customers...more
10/13/2020
/ Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Debt Collection ,
Debt Collectors ,
FDCPA ,
Forbearance Agreements ,
Governor Newsom ,
Loan Servicer ,
Mortgage Lenders ,
Mortgages ,
Payday Loans
Three Important Ways the COVID-19 Pandemic is Changing the Delivery of Consumer Financial Services -
The world continues to come to grips with the daily changes brought by the COVID-19 pandemic. Schools contemplate...more
9/18/2020
/ Appeals ,
Blockchain ,
Buyers ,
CARES Act ,
Consumer Bankruptcy ,
Consumer Complaint Database ,
Consumer Financial Products ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Contract Terms ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Delinquency Status ,
Enforcement Actions ,
FDCPA ,
Forbearance Agreements ,
Lenders ,
Mortgages ,
Reaffirmation ,
Reverse Mortgages ,
Student Loans ,
VA Loans