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NCLC Asks CFPB to Consider Residential Leases as Credit for Specific Purposes

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The National Consumer Law Center is asking the CFPB, by way of a petition, for rulemaking that is long on policy arguments but woefully short on legal support, as we note below, to define residential leases as “credit” under...more

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CFPB issues proposal to prohibit use of medical debt information in credit decisions

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The steady drumbeat of steps during Rohit Chopra’s tenure as CFPB Director to call into question the reliability and predictability of medical debt information in credit underwriting reached a crescendo last week with the...more

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Third Circuit Holds Creditors Should Investigate All Indirect Disputes Of Accounts On A Credit Report - (Video Transcript)

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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

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CFPB proposal signals a dramatic expansion of the Fair Credit Reporting Act to data brokers

On September 15, 2023, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) published an outline of expansive rulemaking proposals to modernize the coverage of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) to include data brokers, data...more

Kaufman & Canoles

Credit Union Client Alert - September 2023

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In a recently published opinion by Fourth Circuit Judge Quattlebaum, Jr., the majority of the panel found there to be a genuine dispute of material fact in Plaintiff Mark Anthony Guthrie’s North Carolina Debt Collection Act...more

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Third Circuit Adopts New “Reasonable Reader” Standard and Holds Reporting Consumers’ Pay Status as Past Due with $0 Balance After...

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In this article, the authors examine a recent decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit finding that reporting a delinquent pay status with a zeroed-out balance where a past due account has been transferred...more

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Third Circuit Hands Down Decision in FCRA Pay Status Cases - FCRA Focus Podcast

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Please join Consumer Financial Services Partner Dave Gettings and his colleagues Ethan Ostroff, Brooke Conkle, and Jon Kenney as they discuss the Third Circuit’s recent decision in the Bibbs case, particularly the Third...more

McGlinchey Stafford

Third Circuit Adopts “Reasonable Reader” Standard for Credit Report Accuracy

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You are likely aware that the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) 15 USC 1681 et. seq. requires furnishers of information to report the information accurately. Recently, several payment rating/account status cases have been...more

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Third Circuit Establishes ‘Reasonable Reader’ Standard for Determining Accuracy of Credit Report Entries

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Settling an issue that has prompted a variety of approaches to claims under the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ruled in Marissa Bibbs v. Trans Union LLC that courts...more

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2021 Year in Review: Consumer Finance

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[co-authors: Amelie Hopkins, and Collin Grier] The year 2021 started with the hope of COVID-19 vaccines and a return to (relative) normalcy, only to conclude with new variants that presented new challenges and extended...more

Clark Hill PLC

Credit Eco to Go Podcast - Credit Reporting: Truth be Told

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On this episode of Credit Eco to Go, host Joann Needleman speaks with Francis Creighton, President and CEO of the Consumer Data Industry Association (CDIA), about the core fundamentals of the credit reporting system and the...more

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Relief For The Unharmed: Supreme Court Considers Whether Article III & Rule 23 Permit Certification Where Most Class Members Are...

The United States Supreme Court has repeatedly declined to resolve a question that has sharply divided the Circuits: whether a class may be certified even though it contains uninjured members. See e.g., Tyson Foods, Inc. v....more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Covid-19 Mortgage Servicing Trends Report - Update

Bradley is proud to share the following information collected from the live polls presented at its weekly COVID-19 Compliance Roundtables. This report is intended to show industry trends, not facts, and does not necessarily...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Update: COVID-19 Mortgage Servicing Trends Report

Bradley is proud to share the following information collected from the live polls presented at its weekly COVID-19 Compliance Roundtables... The polling results included in this report are the anonymous responses of...more

Hudson Cook, LLP

Servicing Customers Affected by Natural Disasters: Tips for Unsecured and Personal Property Secured Creditors to Prepare for the...

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Over the past six months or so, creditors, servicers, and debt collectors alike have been forced to revisit disaster management policies in light of the unique and far-reaching impact of COVID-19: it is at once a nationwide...more

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Credit Reporting During a Pandemic

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Alert May 18, 2020 The economic impact of COVID-19 has already proven catastrophic for many businesses and consumers. Many employers are reducing their staffing or closing their doors permanently. As of May 8, 2020, the...more

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Court Concludes That Bankruptcy Discharge Does Not Affect Arbitration Clause

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The Eastern District of Pennsylvania recently granted a creditor’s request to compel arbitration over a plaintiff’s argument that the arbitration agreement he had signed was void as a result of a bankruptcy court discharging...more

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Second Circuit, on Truncated Record, Holds Dispute Implicating Core Bankruptcy Proceeding Non-Arbitrable

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In a recent decision pitting the Bankruptcy Code against the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit held that a creditor could not compel arbitration of a debtor's class action claims...more

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Eleventh Circuit Weighs In on the FCRA’s Furnisher Investigation Requirement

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The 11th Circuit has clarified that the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) requires furnishers of credit information—like their credit reporting agency (CRA) counterparts—to conduct "reasonable" investigations of consumer...more

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The Bankruptcy Discharge, Debt Buyers, and Credit Reporting: Recent Developments

Recent news stories by The New York Times and NPR have brought much attention to a question that many creditors likely face on a regular basis: When a debt is sold to a debt buyer prior to the debtor entering bankruptcy, what...more

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