Regulatory Rollback: Inside the CFPB’s FCRA Guidance Withdrawal — The Consumer Finance Podcast
Regulatory Rollback: Inside the CFPB's FCRA Guidance Withdrawal — FCRA Focus Podcast
Tenant Tales and Reseller Realities: Inside the FCRA Arena With Eric Ellman — FCRA Focus Podcast
The Next FCRA Frontier: Identity Theft and CFPB Updates — FCRA Focus Podcast
FCRA Regulatory Year in Review — FCRA Focus Podcast
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: The CFPB's Proposed Data Broker Rule
The FHA's Impact on Consumer Reporting Agencies – FCRA Focus Podcast
How to NOT Be Considered a CRA — FCRA Focus Podcast
Breaking Down Credit Reporting With Credit Builders Alliance — FCRA Focus Podcast
Navigating FCRA and Debt Collection With Special Guest Bridgeforce’s Michelle Macartney — The Consumer Finance Podcast
Navigating FCRA and Debt Collection With Special Guest Bridgeforce's Michelle Macartney — FCRA Focus Podcast
Auto Finance – The CFPB Complaints Report — The Consumer Finance Podcast
Resolving FCRA Disputes With e-OSCAR: Insights from Joel Strickland — FCRA Focus Podcast
The FTC Enforces the Fair Credit Reporting Act
Year in Review and a Look Ahead: The Evolving Landscape of Background Screening and Credit Reporting — The Consumer Finance Podcast
New Developments in the CFPB's FCRA Rulemaking Process — What's Next? — FCRA Focus Podcast and The Consumer Finance Podcast Crossover Episode
RegFi Episode 9: Consumer Data Collection and Usage with Eric Ellman
CFPB's Rulemaking Under the FCRA (Part 3) – Crossover Episode With FCRA Focus Podcast
CFPB's Rulemaking Under the FCRA (Part 3) – Crossover Episode With The Consumer Finance Podcast
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has issued advance notices of proposed rulemaking seeking public comment on whether to revise the thresholds that define “larger participants” in key consumer financial industries....more
On August 13, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California granted in part and denied in part the defendant’s motion for summary judgment, allowing the plaintiff’s claim under the FCRA against a bank to...more
On August 18, Illinois enacted HB 3352, amending the state’s Collection Agency Act to add Section 9.6 and establish that “a debtor is not liable for any coerced debt.” The law defines “coerced debt” as debt incurred through...more
Earlier this month, the CFPB issued four separate advance notices of proposed rulemaking with respect to rules that give the CFPB authority over nonbank companies in the auto finance, international money transfer, debt...more
On August 8, 2025, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) issued four advance notices of proposed rulemaking (“ANPR”) inviting comments on whether it should substantially reduce the number of nonbank companies the...more
The second quarter of 2025 delivered a noticeable uptick in consumer protection lawsuits targeting banks and other financial institutions. FCRA filings jumped about 12% year-over-year, TCPA cases spiked as much as 39% in...more
This alert is part of Holland & Knight's Garden State Initiative, a firmwide effort to enhance coordination among attorneys, clients and professional networks with ties to New Jersey to foster greater collaboration across...more
Federal and State Regulatory Announcements- CFPB Seeks Comment on New Thresholds for Larger Participants in the Automobile Financing, Consumer Reporting, International Money Transfer, and Debt Collection Markets. On August...more
The CFPB published four advanced notices for proposed rulemaking in the Federal Register on Aug. 8, 2025. Each notice seeks comment from experts within the automobile financing, international money transfer, consumer...more
On July 11, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas vacated the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) rule prohibiting the inclusion of medical debt on consumer credit reports. The court also...more
Four advance notices of proposed rulemaking scheduled for publication on August 8 will solicit public comment on whether the CFPB should raise the size thresholds that determine which nonbank entities qualify as “larger...more
In July 2024, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed the Louisa Carman Medical Debt Relief Act into law (the Act). The Act protects patients from certain medical debt collection actions and contains several restrictions on...more
In a case of first impression, the Fifth Circuit in Reyes v. Equifax Information Systems, L.L.C., joined the First, Seventh, Ninth, and Tenth Circuits in affirming the District Court for the Eastern District of Texas’s...more
On June 13, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed the district court’s decision granting summary judgment in favor of the defendant, a credit reporting agency, and dismissing all claims brought by the...more
On June 23, the Oregon Legislature chaptered SB 605, enacting new restrictions on the reporting of medical debt to consumer reporting agencies. The law prohibits any person from reporting to a consumer reporting agency the...more
On June 4, the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs received five pending publications from the CFPB. The five rulemakings under consideration included: (i) Loan Originator Compensation Requirements Under the Truth in...more
The CFPB recently made filings with the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) regarding the following rules...more
On May 5, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit dismissed in part an individual plaintiff’s appeal and otherwise affirmed the district court. The plaintiff had alleged that the defendant violated the FCRA by...more
On April 30, the CFPB and two industry associations filed a joint motion with the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas requesting that the court vacate the Bureau’s medical debt rule. The associations,...more
The CFPB on April 30, 2025, reached an agreement with lender trade groups to vacate the Prohibition on Creditors and Consumer Reporting Agencies Concerning Medical Information Rule (the Medical Debt Rule). The joint motion...more
On May 1, the CFPB filed a joint motion with two financial trade groups to vacate a Biden-era rule barring most medical debt from appearing on consumer credit reports. The motion comes after lender groups filed a lawsuit in...more
On March 3, a trio of credit reporting agencies (defendants) moved to dismiss a plaintiff’s second amended complaint filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California. The defendants faced allegations...more
On March 7, the CFPB announced a comment period extension for its advance NPRM addressing concerns related to information about coerced debt (i.e., where individuals are manipulated into incurring debt without their consent)...more
On February 6, the U.S. District Court in the Eastern District of Texas issued a 90-day stay of the upcoming March 17 effective date of the CFPB’s rule banning medical debt from appearing on credit reports. ...more
In this article, we share a timeline of our monthly "bites" for 2024 applicable to debt collection practices. Like 2023, the theme of 2024 was medical debt collection....more