Seventh Circuit rules Disclosure of Personal Information to Vendor is not an Injury
CFPB Advisory Opinion on Time-barred Debt Collection - The Consumer Finance Podcast
CFPB's Policy Statement on Abusiveness (Part 2) - The Consumer Finance Podcast
Recent Trends in Article III Standing - The Consumer Finance Podcast
2022 Year in Review and Look Ahead Crossover With FCRA Focus - The Consumer Finance Podcast
2022 Year in Review and Look Ahead Crossover With The Consumer Finance Podcast - FCRA Focus
Connecticut Collections: How to get paid if you are owed money? Part 1: Pre and Post-Judgement Collection Specifics
Can My Creditors Put me In Jail?
20 Things a Debt Collector Can't Do
5 Reasons Consumers Should File an FDCPA Lawsuit
The TCPA: Basics, Targeted Industries, and Trends
Bill on Bankruptcy: Detroit Shows Need for Amending Bankruptcy Law
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) announced the withdrawal of 67 regulatory guidance documents, including interpretive rules, policy statements, and advisory opinions that have been issued since the...more
We start this issue with a big, virtual welcome to our new colleague Maria Earley. Maria joined us last month as a partner in our Financial Services and Fintech Groups. She represents financial services and fintech companies...more
President Biden Extends Pause on Student Loan Payments to 2022 - "Student loan payments have been paused since Congress passed the CARES Act in March of last year but were due to resume in September." Why this is...more
Each month, we host a 30-minute webinar outlining the month's key announcements and takeaways from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) for financial services providers to consider. In this month's article, we...more
Each month, we host a 30-minute webinar outlining the month's key announcements and takeaways from the CFPB to be considered by financial services providers. It was a particularly busy month at the CFPB, so as an extra...more
A bipartisan group of U.S. Senators have introduced the “ISA Student Protection Act of 2019” that would create a legal framework for income share agreements (ISA) offered to students. ...more
On August 1, 2018, Sen. Bill Nelson (D-Florida) introduced S. 3334 captioned “The Military Lending Improvement Act of 2018” in the United States Senate to “expand and improve” credit protections afforded to service members by...more
EDITOR’S NOTE - Hope you survived all of those awkward Thanksgiving holiday conversations— amazing how divided people are on whether the court got it right in the PHH case, isn’t it? So on we go into the holiday season,...more
As observers ponder the CFPB’s future in a Trump Administration, the Federal Trade Commission’s continuing role as an enforcer of federal consumer financial protection laws should not be overlooked. Over the approximately...more
BELTWAY - Straight Out of the Seventh Circuit The Seventh Circuit recently affirmed a lower court’s ruling that the SEC cannot be sued in district court to stop it from bringing an administrative action. Bebo v. SEC, No....more