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Wiley Consumer Protection Download (August 12, 2025)

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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

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COVID-19 Debt Collection in Massachusetts: A Story in Three Parts

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We are living in and through unprecedented times. The coronavirus pandemic sweeping across the globe has had a number of crippling effects on the nation - pushing its healthcare system to the brink, driving many out of the...more

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Consumer Law Hinsights – May 2020

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Consumer Law Hinsights is a monthly compilation of nationwide consumer protection cases of interest to financial services and accounts receivable management companies....more

Womble Bond Dickinson

Massachusetts’s Ban on Debt Collection Calls During COVID-19 Struck Down as Unconstitutional

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In ACA Int’l v. Healey, No. CV 20-10767-RGS, 2020 WL 2198366 (D. Mass. May 6, 2020), the District Court in Massachusetts struck down the State Attorney General’s emergency ban on debt collection calls and lawsuits during the...more

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Federal Court Enjoins Enforcement of Massachusetts Attorney General’s COVID-19 Debt Collection Regulation

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On May 6, 2020, the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, in ACA International v. Healey, Case No. 1:20-cv-10767-RGS, enjoined Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey (AG Healey) from enforcing provisions...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Federal Court Finds Massachusetts AG's COVID-19 Debt Collection Regulation Unconstitutional

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U.S. District Court Judge Richard Stearns issued an order on May 6, 2020, finding that the two primary features of the Massachusetts Attorney General's COVID-19 debt collection regulation — a ban on debt collector initiated...more

K&L Gates LLP

COVID-19: Emergency Regulations Do Not Pass Constitutional Muster

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Federal Judge Enjoins Enforcement of Massachusetts Attorney General’s Debt Collection Ban Under First Amendment - In response to the COVID-19 emergency, the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office (“AGO”) issued a set of...more

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Federal Court Nixes Massachusetts Attorney General's Emergency Debt Collection Regulations

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On May 6, 2020, a federal court granted ACA International's request for a temporary restraining order of the Massachusetts Attorney General's emergency regulations prohibiting debt collection calls and enforcement actions...more

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District of Massachusetts Enjoins Massachusetts’ Attorney General from Prohibiting Collection Calls

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On May 6, 2020, Judge Richard G. Stearns of the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts granted a temporary restraining order (“TRO”) and preliminary injunction sought by ACA International (“ACA”) against...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Federal Court Grants TRO In Trade Group Lawsuit Challenging Massachusetts Emergency Debt Collection Regulation

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A Massachusetts federal district court has entered a temporary restraining order that blocks the state’s attorney general from enforcing the prohibitions on initiating lawsuits and making collection calls in the AG’s...more

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COVID-19 and State Debt Collection Restrictions: What States Are Doing to Curb Debt Collection and the Industry’s Response

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A number of state officials and regulators have taken steps to decrease the economic burdens stemming from COVID-19 on consumers in their states, including by placing additional restrictions on debt collection practices. ...more

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ACA International v. Healey - Will Massachusetts' Debt Collection Freeze Hold Up To Constitutional Heat?

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A number of states have issued executive orders or other emergency declarations to provide relief from certain debt collection practices in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis. Such measures include ceasing new wage attachments...more

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Massachusetts Attorney General's COVID-19 Debt Collection Regulation Faces Legal Challenge

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ACA International (ACA), the Association of Credit and Collection Professionals, filed a complaint on April 20, 2020, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts challenging the validity of the recently...more

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Collection Industry Trade Group Sues Massachusetts Attorney General to Halt Emergency Regulations

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We recently reported on Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey's implementation of temporary regulations halting collection of debt from Massachusetts' consumers in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis. With certain...more

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Massachusetts Attorney General Implements Emergency Debt Collection Regulations in Response to COVID-19 Crisis

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From March 27 through June 25, 2020—or until the end of Massachusetts' state of emergency—Attorney General Maura Healey has implemented temporary regulations on the collection of debt from Massachusetts consumers, which...more

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Massachusetts Attorney General Issues Guidance Clarifying the COVID-19 Emergency Debt Collection Regulations

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On the heels of codifying 940 CMR 35.00, the “Unfair and Deceptive Debt Collection Practices During the State of Emergency Caused by COVID-19” (the “Emergency Regulations”), Attorney General Maura Healey issued guidance on...more

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Massachusetts AG Emergency Regulation Prohibits Certain Collection Activity By Both Creditors And Debt Collectors

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On March 27, 2020, the Massachusetts Attorney General filed an emergency regulation interpreting the Massachusetts Consumer Protection Act, M.G.L. Chapter 93A, to address certain practices by creditors and debt collectors...more

Cozen O'Connor

NY State Debt Collection Suspended | Anti-Gouging Enforcement | AGs: Who’s An “Accredited Investor”?

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Breaking News- Despite COVID-19, the State AG Report Stays on the Beat- •In these unprecedented times, the Cozen O’Connor State AG Group is committed to continuing to bring you important AG news stories and keeping you...more

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