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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer

Connecticut Attorney General Imposes $85k Penalty on TicketNetwork for Defects in Its Privacy Notice

On July 8, 2025, Connecticut’s attorney general announced a settlement with TicketNetwork Inc. for failing to fix several privacy notice defects since 2023. The $85,000 fine is the first monetary penalty under the state’s...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

CFPB Orders Pawn Lender to Pay $9 Million for Alleged Military Lending Act Violations

On July 11, 2025, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced a proposed $9 million settlement resolving its November 2021 lawsuit against a national pawn lender and its subsidiaries. The company and its...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Know Now or Pay Later: Navigating New York's Buy-Now-Pay-Later Act

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Once hailed as the sleek, interest-free alternative to credit cards, buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) loans have become a defining feature of modern consumer finance. Consumers like them because with just a few clicks, they can...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

CFPB terminates consent order against mortgage servicer

On July 1, the CFPB announced that it terminated a consent order against a mortgage servicer after finding that the company had “fulfilled several obligations,” including payment of a $2 million civil money penalty and $3...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

New York attorney general obtains $250K in CFPB’s dropped case

On June 16, the New York attorney general settled a civil action against a remittance provider in a case dropped by the CFPB earlier this year, which as previously covered by InfoBytes, left the State of New York as the sole...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

CFPB Proposes to Eliminate Education Allocations from Civil Penalty Fund

On June 18, the CFPB published a proposed rule that would rescind its authority to use money from the Civil Penalty Fund for consumer education and financial literacy initiatives. The proposed changes would amend the CFPB’s...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

CFPB Moves Forward with Debt Relief Suit Over $3.4M in Alleged Advance Fees

On June 10, the CFPB moved to reopen its 2021 enforcement action against the final remaining defendant in a student debt relief case involving over $3.4 million in alleged illegal advance fees. The Bureau, under Acting...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

CFPB reduces civil money penalty by nearly 98 percent against fintech

On May 15, the CFPB issued an amended consent order against a fintech company for alleged violations of various consumer financial protection laws. As previously covered by InfoBytes, the CFPB sued the fintech company in...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

CFPB Orders Defunct Debt-Relief Company to Pay $43 Million for Alleged Student Loan Abuses 

On May 1, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois ordered the former owner of a now-defunct debt-relief company to pay over $43 million in restitution and penalties. The order resolves a lawsuit filed...more

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