The cannabis industry continues to face a fundamental challenge: access to the regulated banking system. Despite legalization (adult use and/or medical) in dozens of states, cannabis remains federally illegal, leaving...more
7/31/2025
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Earlier this month, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas approved a consent judgment vacating the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) Medical Debt Rule. The decision holds that the CFPB...more
7/25/2025
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The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that federal government agencies can be held liable under the Fair Credit Reporting Act when they fail to investigate or correct inaccurate information furnished to credit reporting agencies....more
2/14/2024
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Last month, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued its 2023 Annual Report on the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA), which notes the CFPB’s activities and observations related to debt collection in...more
Last month, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) kicked off a rulemaking process that, if enacted, would reshape the credit reporting and debt collection landscape and could have a detrimental effect on medical and...more
Federal regulators are focusing in on medical credit cards and financing plans and the roles that healthcare providers have in facilitating them. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) is a federal agency charged...more
A cannabis retailer, and those who collect debt on their behalf, may not be governed by the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA), but they probably should act like it. The FDCPA is applicable when a third-party...more
A panel of the Eleventh Circuit has once again held that a debt collector possibly violates the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) by transmitting private information to a third-party commercial mail vendor.
In...more