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As those living in the southwestern United States enter the dog days of summer, debt collectors are especially feeling the heat. As if complying with the myriad of state and federal regulations covering the debt collection...more
Effective November 30, 3031, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) will enact Regulation F to 12 C.F.R. 1006, which will be the first comprehensive federal debt collection regulations interpreting the Fair Debt...more
The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) sent joint notification letters to the largest residential landlords in the United States, reminding them of the COVID-19-related...more
On April 19, 2021, the CFPB announced that it issued an interim final rule (IFR) in support of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)’s residential eviction moratorium (CDC Order), which will be effective May 3,...more
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) issued an interim final rule clarifying and strengthening tenant protections under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (“FDCPA”), in support of the Centers for Disease...more
Today the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued an interim final rule supporting the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) temporary eviction moratorium. The CDC’s temporary eviction moratorium has...more
A district court has dismissed an FDCPA action based on a bona fide error after reviewing the collection firm’s extensive pre-suit procedures and determining they were reasonably calculated to avoid any errors. Guynn v....more
The Second Circuit’s recent opinion in Carlin v. Davidson Fink LLP, No. 15-3105-cv (2d Cir. Mar. 29, 2017), has important ramifications for the debt collection industry....more