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Republican Senators seek to use CRA to void medical debt rule

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Republican senators have introduced a Congressional Review Act resolution to nullify the rule that bans banks and credit unions from including medical debt on credit reports and generally prohibits the use of medical...more

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Wiley Consumer Protection Download (February 12, 2025)

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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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2nd challenge to CFPB medical debt reporting rule filed in Texas

On January 8, a complaint was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas challenging the CFPB’s newly finalized medical debt rule that restricts credit reporting agencies from including medical debt...more

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The State AG Report – 01.09.2025

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Here are curated AG and federal regulatory news stories highlighting key areas in which state and federal regulators’ decisions are having an impact across the US: •Maryland’s Lawsuit Adds to Growing Wave of PFAS Litigation...more

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2023 Year in Review: Credit Reporting

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Welcome to the Credit Reporting chapter of our annual report Consumer Financial Services 2023 Year in Review. Looking Ahead to 2024 - The CFPB’s announcement of a proposed rulemaking to remove medical bills from...more

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CFPB Orders Medical Debt Collection Company to Cease Certain Collection Practices and Pay $1.675 Million Penalty

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On June 8, 2023, the CFPB filed an administrative consent order against a medical debt collection company headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana. In the order, the CFPB detailed several alleged violations of the Fair Credit...more

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CFPB announces consent order with third-party collector of medical debt

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The CFPB announced at the end of last week that it had entered into a consent order with Phoenix Financial Services, LLC (Phoenix), a third-party debt collector that collects primarily past-due medical debts and furnishes...more

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CFPB Enters Consent Order Against Medical Debt Collector for Alleged FCRA and FDCPA Violations

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On June 8, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced that it had entered a consent order against medical debt collector Phoenix Financial Services for alleged violations of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA)...more

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CFPB Orders Medical Debt Collection Law Firms To Pay Over $600,000 For Alleged Misrepresentations

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On January 9, 2017, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced that it entered into a consent order with two affiliated medical debt collection law firms over allegations that the law firms used deceptive...more

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