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Stay ADvised: 2025, Issue 13

Court Takes a Bite Out of Smartfood Popcorn False Ad But Leaves a Big Portion - Smart plaintiffs will take note of a federal court's concern in reviewing the class action pleadings against PepsiCo's Smartfood Popcorn....more

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FTC Files Proposed Order To Resolve Allegations of Purportedly Unlawful Student Loan Debt Relief Operation

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On May 22, 2025, the FTC filed a proposed stipulated ord​er in the District Court for the Middle District of Florida to resolve allegations ​that several individuals ​and the student loan debt relief companies that they...more

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District court sides with FTC order against student loan company

Recently, the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California granted the FTC’s motion resulting in a permanent injunction against defendants involved in an allegedly fraudulent student loan debt relief operation....more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

New York Attorney General Proposes Bill to Expand Consumer Protection Law 

On March 13, New York Attorney General Letitia James announced the introduction of the Fostering Affordability and Integrity through Reasonable Business Practices Act (FAIR Business Practices Act). The proposed legislation...more

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2024 Year in Review: Student Lending

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Welcome to the “Student Lending” chapter of our annual report, Consumer Financial Services: 2024 Year in Review. Regulators will likely continue to focus on junk fees and purported deceptive or nontransparent practices...more

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FTC Receives Temporary Restraining Order Against Student Loan Servicer

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​​​​​​​On December 9, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced it received a temporary restraining order against a student loan servicer over allegations the servicer and its operator misled consumers into thinking...more

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Wiley Consumer Protection Download (December 3, 2024)

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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 (April 30, 2024)

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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 8, 2024)

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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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Troutman Pepper Weekly Consumer Financial Services Newsletter - October 2023 #2

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To keep you informed of recent activities, below are several of the most significant federal and state events that have influenced the Consumer Financial Services industry over the past week...more

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All Consuming - Financial Litigation Insights, V 4, Issue 1, June 2023

CFPB - Regulators Take Aim at AI to Protect Consumers and Workers - “In the past year, the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau said it has fined banks over mismanaged automated systems that resulted in wrongful home...more

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Wiley Consumer Protection Download (December 13, 2021)

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Thank you for your interest in the Wiley Consumer Protection Download! This will be our last publication of 2021, with our bi-weekly newsletter returning in January 2022. Welcome to Wiley’s update on recent developments...more

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$834 Million Plavix Judgment | Student Loan Servicing Settlement | Former NH Attorney General’s New Role

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State AGs in the News- Former New Hampshire Attorney General Confirmed as Chief Justice of the State Supreme Court- •Former New Hampshire AG Gordon MacDonald was confirmed to be the chief justice of the state Supreme...more

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FTC Distributes $1.7 Million to Affected Consumers in Alleged Student Loan Debt Relief Scam

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On February 10, 2021, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that it will begin distributing over $1.7 million to consumers that it claims lost money as a result of an alleged student loan debt relief scheme. The...more

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Consumer financial services: The road ahead: Student loans

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In 2018, the CFPB shifted away from student lending supervision and enforcement. We anticipate this trend to continue in the year to come, with states seeking to fill any voids left by the Bureau....more

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