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Federal and State Financial Agencies Issue Guidance on Elder Financial Exploitation

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Earlier this week, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (FRB), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), National...more

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What is Consumer Fraud and What Deceptions are Employed?

How do unscrupulous people try and take money from the elderly, consumers and the public at large? What are the laws that protect consumers. Attorney Katherine Kiziah explains. ...more

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Can You Sue for Price Gouging?

State Attorneys General are not the only ones enforcing price gouging laws in the current pandemic. Many states also provide a private right of action for victims of price gouging. Depending on the state, private litigants...more

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CA and NY governors propose expansion of state consumer financial protection regimes

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The governors of California and New York have both proposed to expand the authority of their respective state’s consumer financial services regulator.  Both governors have framed their proposals as a response to what they...more

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CFPB issues update to 2016 advisory on elder financial abuse

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The CFPB has issued an update to its 2016 advisory that contained recommendations for banks and credit unions on how to prevent, recognize, report, and respond to financial exploitation of older Americans....more

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Application of FDCPA to Social Security benefits at issue in CFPB Second Circuit amicus brief

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The CFPB has filed an amicus brief in support of the plaintiff in Arias v. Gutman, Mintz, Baker & Sonnenfeldt, PC and 1700 Development Co., a FDCPA case on appeal to the U. S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. In its...more

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CFPB and New York Department of Financial Services Sue Pension Loan Companies for Deceptive Marketing

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On August 20, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) jointly filed suit against two pension loan companies and three individual managers for deceptively marketing...more

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