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CFPB Signals Continued Involvement in Litigation with State Attorneys General

While the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) may have halted certain operations, it is remaining active in certain litigation, including cases brought by multistate attorneys general. Recently, the CFPB signaled...more

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CFPB Files Suit Against Debt Relief Company

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On December 1, 2020, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced that it filed suit against a Massachusetts debt settlement and relief company over alleged violations of the Telemarketing Sales Rule (TSR) and...more

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CFPB Files Complaint Against Student Loan Debt Settlement Company

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On November 5, 2020, the Consumer Protection Financial Bureau (CFPB) announced that it had filed a complaint against a California student loan debt settlement company and the company’s CEO in the U.S. District Court for the...more

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CFPB Settles with Freedom Debt Relief

On July 9, 2019, the United States District Court for the Northern District of California entered a stipulated final judgment and order in case number 17-cv-06484, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau v. Freedom Debt Relief,...more

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CFPB settles lawsuit with nation’s largest debt-settlement services provider

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The CFPB announced that it has settled the lawsuit it filed in a California federal district court against Freedom Debt Relief (FDR) and its CEO for alleged violations of the Consumer Financial Protection Act (CFPA) and the...more

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