On May 16, Governor Ron DeSantis signed bill CS/CS/SB 232 into law. The bill includes modifications to the Florida Consumer Collection Practices Act (FCCPA) to make clear that the prohibition on communications between “9...more
On April 16, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) seemingly provided its employees with a memorandum outlining its ongoing supervisory and enforcement priorities (Memo). Although the Memo has not been made publicly...more
The war against arbitration agreements continues apace. The latest volley comes from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, Johnson v. Continental Finance Company, LLC, No. 23-2047 (4th Cir. Mar. 11, 2025). In...more
On Thursday, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) dropped its high-profile enforcement action against Acima in Utah federal district court. This is yet another CFPB matter that has hit the dust following the...more
3/10/2025
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In an apparent departure from decades of jurisprudence acknowledging the exemption of wire transfers from the ambit of the Electronic Funds Transfer Act (EFTA or the Act), one federal district court recently found that a bank...more
On January 13, the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau (CFPB) published a new proposed rule attempting to ban certain contractual provisions in "take it or leave it" consumer contracts that purport to "waive substantive...more