World Acceptance Corp., a Greenville, South Carolina-based consumer lender, recently announced it has set aside $21.7 million in anticipation of resolving a Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (“FCPA”) investigation into the company’s Mexico-based subsidiary by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and the Department of Justice.
The investigation has focused on the legality of certain
In what can only be construed as a strong signal that state attorneys general are looking to focus their efforts on illegal robocalls, a letter signed by every state attorney general and the attorneys general of American Samoa and Puerto Rico was sent to USTelecom, a trade association that represents the interests of the telecom
A new bill was proposed on April 7 in the House of Representatives which, if passed, would amend the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and the Fair Credit Reporting Act. The proposed bill aims to regulate how medical debts are handled under these statutes.
The bill’s current name is: “To amend the Fair Credit Reporting