Settlement, Consumer Financial Contracts

The State Consumer Protection Beat: State AGs Kick Off 2025 with a String of Actions and Support for the CFPB

Hudson Cook, LLP on 4/4/2025

The first two months of 2025 were filled with numerous consumer protection actions by state AGs against vehicle dealers and players in the mortgage space, among others. ...more

CFPB Bites of the Month - 2023 Annual Review - Biggest Fines and Penalties

Hudson Cook, LLP on 1/30/2024

In this article, we share a list of the top 10 biggest fines and penalties from our monthly bites for 2023....more

Study Shows Marked Increase in FCRA Cases, Downward Trend in Consumer Protection Litigation Overall

ArentFox Schiff on 12/10/2019

The report uncovered a 100% increase in the number of lawsuits brought under the Fair Credit Reporting Act over the past ten years and revealed decreases in Truth-In-Lending Act cases. The report’s data, which represents...more

District of Columbia Settles Unlawful Collection Claims Against Debt Collector

Goodwin on 7/9/2016

On June 21, the Attorney General for the District of Columbia announced a settlement with a debt collector for alleged violations of the District’s debt collection and consumer protection laws. Specifically, the District...more

Arkansas AG Settles Payday Lending Lawsuit for $750,000

Goodwin on 7/9/2016

On June 24, the Arkansas Attorney General (AG) announced a settlement with three entities and two individuals, resolving allegations that the defendants conspired to offer illegal payday loans to consumers online while...more

Setting the Record Straighter

Ballard Spahr LLP on 9/23/2015

Recently, Professor Jeff Sovern sent an email to the editor of the Consumer Financial Services Law Report commenting on an article we published in the August 9, 2015 issue of the Report titled, “CFPB Makes Consumer...more