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Credit Bureaus Credit Reports New Legislation

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Maine amends law to ban medical debt reporting to credit bureaus

On June 9, the governor of Maine approved LD 558, which prohibits medical creditors, debt collectors, and debt buyers from reporting consumer medical debt to consumer reporting agencies. The new law replaces previous...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

New Law Allows Consumers Concerned about Identity Theft to Place Free Credit Freezes and Fraud Alerts

The Federal Trade Commission has announced that, beginning today, consumers concerned about identity theft or data breaches can place credit freezes and one year fraud alerts with the three nationwide credit bureaus for free....more

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