On August 7, Illinois enacted Senate Bill 2457, amending the Collection Agency Act and removing its January 1, 2026 repeal date under the Regulatory Sunset Act. The law retains the licensing framework for collection agencies...more
Earlier this year, North Dakota’s Governor signed HB 1127, which introduces new compliance obligations for financial corporations operating in North Dakota. This new law will take effect on August 1, 2025....more
Every so often, the extent of state laws providing for the licensing of collection agencies needs to be re-examined. As every state, including two of the most prominent states, California and New York, historically had not...more
Significant changes to West Virginia’s debt collection law will take effect on July 4, 2017. Senate Bill 536, approved by the state’s governor on April 21, 2017, includes the following amendments...more
On December 4, 2015, the President signed into law the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act, or FAST Act. There’s not much in there about taxes, but here are the plums hidden in the Act’s 1,300 page text...more