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California Federal Court Halts Allegedly Deceptive Debt Collection Practices by Blackrock Services, Inc. and Affiliates

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On February 27, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) successfully obtained a temporary restraining order against Blackrock Services, Inc. and its associated entities and individuals. The court order aims to halt the defendants’...more

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Stay ADvised: 2025, Issue 2

"Seek" and You Shall Find … That the FTC Is Closely Watching Potentially Deceptive Claims Designed To Entice Small Businesses - The FTC alleges that a company marketing itself as a leading provider of startup business...more

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CFPB Bites of the Month Webinar Recap: The CFPB and the Dust of June

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In this month's article, we share some of our top "bites" covered during the June 2024 webinar....more

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CFPB Brings Lawsuit Against FinTech Company for its Alleged Deceptive Practices and for Allegedly Misrepresenting the Costs of its...

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On May 17, 2024, the CFPB filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California against a financial technology company for violations of the CFPA and FCRA....more

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CFPB Sues Lease-to-Own Finance Company for Allegedly Deceiving Consumers

On July 19, the CPFB filed a complaint against a lease-to-own finance company, alleging that the company has offered and provided millions of “lease-purchase” and “rental-purchase” financing agreements in ways that have...more

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CFPB Files Suit Against Financial Services Company for Alleged UDAAP Violations

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On July 6, 2020, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced that it filed a lawsuit against a Delaware financial services company and the company’s founder in the Southern District of New York.  The complaint...more

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CFPB, joined by South Carolina Dept. of Consumer Affairs and Arkansas AG, files lawsuit targeting service providers to pension...

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The CFPB filed a complaint in a South Carolina federal district court against Upstate Law Group LLC. and two of its individual owners and managers that alleges the defendants violated the Consumer Financial Protection Act’s...more

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Debt Collector Enters into Consent Order with CFPB to Settle Alleged FDCPA and UDAAP Violations

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Last week, the CFPB announced that that it had entered into a consent order with an Illinois-based debt collection company. According to the settlement, the company’s business consists primarily of purchasing and then...more

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CFPB continues to push the envelope in announcing settlement with brokers of pension advances

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The CFPB announced on August 14, 2019 that, subject to the approval of the Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas, the Bureau and the Arkansas Attorney General have entered into a proposed settlement with...more

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Credit repair companies file motion to dismiss CFPB lawsuit for alleged deceptive marketing

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A motion to dismiss has been filed by the group of credit repair companies sued by the CFPB in Utah federal district court for alleged violations of the Telemarketing Sales Rule (TSR) and the Consumer Financial Protection Act...more

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False Representation Must Be Material to Violate FDCPA, Second Circuit Rules

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Resolving tension between New York and federal law, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has ruled that a debtor must show that a debt collector's alleged false representation was material for it to be a "false,...more

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CFPB defends judgment in enforcement action against biweekly mortgage payment companies

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Despite the CFPB’s change in position after Mick Mulvaney’s appointment regarding the need for Nationwide Biweekly Administration to post a bond to stay execution of the $7.9 million judgment obtained by the CFPB, the CFPB...more

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CFPB changes direction in enforcement action; Mulvaney names senior advisor

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A new filing by the CFPB in its action against Nationwide Biweekly Administration Inc. may be an indicator of the enforcement philosophy of Mick Mulvaney, President Trump’s designee as CFPB Acting Director, and how that...more

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FTC settles Section 5 claims against company promoting schools to military servicemembers

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The FTC has entered a proposed consent order with Victory Media, Inc. (VMI) to settle the FTC’s charges that VMI violated Section 5 of the FTC Act by engaging in deceptive acts or practices in connection with its promotion of...more

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CFPB enters into consent orders with reverse mortgage companies to settle alleged advertising violations

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The CFPB announced that it entered into consent orders with three reverse mortgage companies to settle the CFPB’s allegations that the companies engaged in deceptive advertising in violation of the Mortgage Acts and...more

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