On January 11, 2023, the Third Circuit held that attempting to collect on a default judgment did not constitute using "'false, deceptive, or misleading' representations in connection with collecting the judgment" if the...more
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On November 30, 2021, the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection's ("CFPB") October and December 2020 Final Rules take effect. See 86 FR 48918-01. Among other things, the October and December 2020 Final...more
On April 1, 2020, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) released a policy statement providing guidance on credit reporting companies’ and furnishers’ responsibilities during COVID-19. The CFPB’s policy statement...more
On April 18, 2019, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) announced its first enforcement action against a peer-to-peer virtual currency exchanger....more
4/23/2019
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Bank Secrecy Act ,
Civil Monetary Penalty ,
Currency Exchange ,
Currency Transaction Reports (CTR) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Services Industry ,
FinCEN ,
Money Services Business ,
Peer-to-Peer ,
Regulatory Violations ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Virtual Currency
In Roark v. Credit One Bank, N.A., No. 16-173 (PAM/ECW), 2018 WL 5921652 (D. Minn. Nov. 13, 2018), the District Court of Minnesota found that calls to a reassigned phone number did not violate the TCPA because the caller’s...more
In Gonzalez v. Ocwen Loan Servicing, LLC, No. 5:18-cv-340-Oc-30PRL, 2018 WL 4217065 (M.D. Fla. Sept. 5, 2018), the Middle District of Florida determined that the D.C. Circuit’s opinion in ACA International v. FCC, 885 F.3d...more
In Keyes v. Ocwen Loan Servicing, LLC, No. 17-cv-11492, 2018 WL 3914707 (E.D. Mich. Aug. 16, 2018), the Eastern District of Michigan determined that the system Ocwen Loan Servicing, LLC (“Ocwen”) used to place calls, the...more
In Harris v. Navient Solutions, LLC, No. 3:15-cv-564 (RNC), 2018 WL 3748155 (D. Conn. Aug. 7, 2018), the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut followed the Second Circuit’s decision in Reyes v. Lincoln...more
The Northern District of Alabama recently followed the Second Circuit’s holding in Reyes v. Lincoln Automotive Financial Services, 861 F.3d 51 (2d Cir. 2017), and held that consent provided in a contract as part of a...more
8/15/2018
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Consent ,
Consumer Financial Contracts ,
Contract Terms ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Debt Collection ,
Dish Network ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Revocation ,
Summary Judgment ,
TCPA
In Barton v. Credit One Financial d/b/a Credit One Bank, No. 16CV2652, 2018 WL 2012876, (N.D. Ohio April 30, 2018), the Northern District of Ohio followed the Second Circuit’s decision in Reyes v. Lincoln Automotive Financial...more
In Kristensen v. Credit Payment Services, Inc., — F.3d —, 2018 WL 343758 (9th Cir. 2018), the Ninth Circuit recently held that three lenders and two marketing companies could not be vicariously liable under the TCPA for text...more
On October 20, 2017, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals denied a petition for panel rehearing, or in the alternative, for rehearing en banc of its decision in Reyes v. Lincoln Automotive Financial Services, 861 F. 3d 51 (2d...more