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On July 14, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona against a group of companies and individuals operating under the “Accelerated Debt” brand, alleging they...more
In a notable trend in state consumer financial regulation, state legislatures are increasingly seeking to regulate a variety of marketing and advertising practices, rather than limiting their regulatory focus limited to the...more
On December 3, 2024, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM or Proposed Rule) that proposes to significantly expand the scope of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) to...more
Welcome to Wiley’s update on recent developments and what’s next in consumer protection at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC). In this newsletter, we analyze recent regulatory...more
Welcome to the Class Action & MDL Roundup, our quarterly review of decisions and settlements in the class action arena. In this edition, student-athletes win an NIL round, Canadians in California isn’t personal...more
Artificial intelligence (AI) burst into the public consciousness less than one year ago, with OpenAI’s highly successful public release of ChatGPT. Since then, AI-enabled products and services have proliferated throughout the...more
Regulatory Announcements- FTC Holds September Open Commission Meeting and Votes to Approve Government and Business Impersonation Fraud NPRM, Gig Work Policy Statement, and Dark Patterns Report. On September 15, the FTC held...more
Regulatory Announcements- CFPB Issues Advisory Opinion on FCRA Permissible Purposes for Providing Consumer Reports. On July 7, the CFPB issued an Advisory Opinion on the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) that outlines...more
Welcome to the summer edition of the Class Action & MDL Roundup, covering significant decisions and settlements from the second quarter of 2021. In this edition, plaintiffs are doing their own science (badly), SCOTUS...more
In a putative class action concerning Experian’s marketing of its “Experian Credit Score” service, the Ninth Circuit recently affirmed a lower court order granting Experian’s motion to compel arbitration based on an...more
Real Property Update - Public Official Standing Doctrine: county school district that benefited from ad valorem taxes charged by county could not challenge constitutionality of statutory tax exemption claimed by homeowners...more
Real Property Update - Reverse Mortgage / Statute of Limitations: as a matter of first impression, statute of limitations for enforcing reverse mortgage begins on date the note matures, notwithstanding earlier-death of...more
A basic tactic of shady internet advertisers relies on blurring the lines between “real” content and advertisements. Enough users are duped in this fashion to make the practice commonplace (and lucrative). Ad producers blend...more
REAL PROPERTY UPDATE - - Constructive Notice: a memorandum of agreement that is recorded in the official records of the county in which the property is located and refers to an unrecorded agreement entered into by the...more
Judge Trims Proposed Class Action Over Wendy’s Data Breach - Torres v. Wendy’s Int’l, LLC, No. 16-cv-0210 (PGB) (DCI) (M.D. Fla. Mar. 21, 2017). A U.S. district court judge in Florida trimmed a proposed class action...more
On March 23, 2017, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced that it had entered into a consent order with a California-based credit reporting agency (CRA) and its subsidiaries, resolving allegations that the...more
On December 28, 2016, the New York Department of Financial Services ("DFS") released a revised version of a proposed regulation that would require banks, insurance companies, and other financial services institutions...more
With the 2016 holiday shopping season in full swing, the risk of litigation heightens for retailers. We created our own version of a “holiday list” to identify the top-10 risk areas where retailers may be vulnerable to claims...more
Last December, the CFPB sued a Texas-based company, Union Workers Credit Services, alleging that the company deceived consumers into paying fees to sign up for a “platinum card” that purported to be a general-use credit card...more
The Federal Trade Commission reached a settlement last week with a mobile app company, its data provider, and their CEO in its first Fair Credit Reporting Act (“FCRA”) enforcement action involving mobile applications. The...more
In This Issue: - CFPB Monitor Named to the ABA Journal Annual Blawg 100 List - Temporary CONGRESS PASSES LEGISLATION TO FIX CFPB PRIVILEGE WAIVER PROBLEM - CFPB DESCRIBES PLANS FOR COORDINATING WITH STATE...more