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Third Circuit Finds Pennsylvania’s Consumer Discount Company Act Does Not Apply to Debt Collectors

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In representing fintech companies and other lenders, we increasingly confront claims against debt buyers or entities with bank partner relationships brought under Pennsylvania’s Consumer Discount Company Act (CDCA) and the...more

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9 Consumer Finance Issues to Note From CFPB Report

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In July, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau published a report highlighting various unfair, deceptive, and abusive acts or practices it claims to have uncovered during its supervisory examinations from July 2022 to...more

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Eleventh Circuit Addresses Potential Conflict Between FDCPA and TILA, Holds That Debt Collector Must Comply With Both

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On July 1, 2022, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals issued a published decision in Lamirand v. Fay Servicing LLC that addressed an asserted conflict between the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) and the Truth in...more

Locke Lord LLP

An Inconvenient Decision on ‎Convenience Fees

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Last month, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals rendered a decision regarding convenience fees in Alexander v. Carrington Mortgage Services, LLC, 23 F.4th 370 (4th Cir. 2022), which potentially spells trouble for loan...more

Miles & Stockbridge P.C.

Convenience Fees: Not So Convenient for the Collectors

Why Maryland Collectors of Consumer Debts Need to Be Concerned About Convenience Fees - A recent Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals decision may have sweeping implications across the consumer debt collection industry in...more

Wiley Rein LLP

Wiley Consumer Protection Download (December 21, 2020)

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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

Alston & Bird

District Courts Split on Convenience Fees Under Debt Collection Laws

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A&B ABstract: In a number of recent decisions, district courts have split on the issue of whether a mortgage servicer violates the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (“FDCPA”) and related state debt collection statutes by...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Supreme Court: FDCPA Doesn’t Cover Owned Debt

A bank or other person may collect debts that it purchased for its own account without triggering the statutory requirements of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, a unanimous Supreme Court recently ruled....more

Stinson LLP

CFPB Takes Action Against Second Indirect Auto Finance Company in Three Days

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On October 1, 2015, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced its second enforcement action in three days against an indirect auto finance company. In its latest action, the CFPB took aim at indirect auto...more

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CFPB Releases First Monthly Consumer Complaint Report

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The CFPB has released its first in a series of new monthly reports on consumer complaints. The CFPB says that the purpose of these reports is to identify trends with respect to volume, product type, and geographic region....more

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