Over the last year and a half, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has become increasingly interested in the origination, servicing, and collection of medical debt. The CFPB alone has published several pieces of...more
Now that the pandemic’s “social distancing” is lessening, we hope you are all able to gather with friends and family this Thanksgiving. As we do the same, we wanted to count our blessings as we review the year. This year, we...more
11/29/2021
/ CARES Act ,
Consolidated Appropriations Act (CAA) ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Debt Collectors ,
Dodd-Frank ,
FDIC ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Final Rules ,
Foreclosure ,
GLBA Privacy ,
HMDA ,
Loan Servicer ,
Loss Mitigation ,
Moratorium ,
Mortgage Servicers ,
Mortgage Servicing Rules ,
NPRM ,
OCC ,
Regulation F
On April 21, 2021, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit issued a decision that threatens significant consequences for a variety of loan servicing and debt collection industries. The upshot of the court’s holding...more
4/22/2021
/ Appeals ,
Article III ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Debt Collection ,
Debt Collectors ,
Debtors ,
FDCPA ,
Loan Servicing ,
Motion to Dismiss ,
Standing ,
Third-Party
Last November, Bradley’s Financial Services Perspectives team predicted that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) then upcoming Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) for the Does the New Debt Collection Rule Apply...more
6/14/2019
/ Consumer Financial Products ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Consumer Lenders ,
Creditors ,
Debt Collection ,
Debt Collectors ,
Dodd-Frank ,
Enforcement ,
Enforcement Authority ,
FDCPA ,
NPRM ,
Proposed Rules ,
UDAAP
Debt collectors filing suit often assume that the forum state’s statute of limitations will apply. However, a string of recent cases suggests that may not always be the case. The Ohio Supreme Court recently determined that,...more
11/8/2016
/ Affirmative Defenses ,
Borrowers ,
Borrowing Statutes ,
Cause of Action Accrual ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Creditors ,
Debt Collectors ,
Default Judgment ,
Dismissals ,
FDCPA ,
Forum State ,
OH Supreme Court ,
Statute of Limitations ,
Summary Judgment ,
Vacated