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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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Wiley Consumer Protection Download (March 8, 2022)

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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

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Wiley Consumer Protection Download (January 24, 2022)

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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

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Airline Passengers’ Rights | Fake COVID-19 Cures | Unlicensed Debt Collection Agency Sued

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COVID-19- NAAG: Airline Industry Customers Deserve Stronger Consumer Protections- •The National Association of Attorneys General (“NAAG”) sent a letter to congressional leaders urging Congress to strengthen consumer...more

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CFPB, FTC And 50 States Show Power In Numbers With Operation Corrupt Collector

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In the News. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), along with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and more than 50 federal and state law enforcement partners, announced Operation Corrupt Collector, a nationwide law...more

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COVID-19 Fees Challenged | DC AG Sues Instacart | $10 Million Penalty For Robocalls & False Ads

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COVID-19- Senior Living Facilities Warned Against Charging Potentially Illegal COVID-19 Fees- •Michigan AG Dana Nessel sent cease and desist letters to senior living facilities owner CSIG Holding Co. LLC, management...more

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All Consuming - Financial Litigation Insights: Issue 3, July 2020

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Welcome! Welcome to the new format of All Consuming . We listened to the feedback. A newsletter filled with long articles gives the detailed information some are looking for but becomes another thing that others have to...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

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TRO enjoins enforcement of portions of Massachusetts emergency debt collection regulation. Now what?

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On April 17, 2020, Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey promulgated emergency regulation 940 CMR 35.00 to address “unfair and deceptive debt collection practices during the state of emergency caused by COVID-19.” The...more

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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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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

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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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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 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 Attorney General Sets Her Sights on Debt Collectors in the Wake of COVID-19

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On March 27, 2020, the Massachusetts Attorney General, Maura Healy, filed an emergency regulation, aimed at what the office described as “prevent[ing] debt collectors and creditors from harassing our residents.” The new...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

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The REAL Trending Litigation Topics Regarding COVID-19

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A trend is emerging with recently filed litigation involving the COVID-19 pandemic. We are committed to providing information that allows businesses to react as quickly as possible to avert civil litigation threats or to...more

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