On September 9, the National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) sent Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler a request signed by 39 state attorneys general for an opinion on telecommunication companies’ legal ability to implement call-blocking technology.
The letter brought to the attention of the FCC recent advancements in call-blocking technology such as Call Control,
On September 9, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the Federal Reserve Board announced increases in the dollar thresholds in Regulation Z (Truth in Lending (TILA)) and Regulation M (Consumer Leasing Act (CLA)) for exempt consumer credit and lease transactions. According to the Federal regulators, these increases are consistent with the Dodd-Frank Act and reflect
In Porter v. Dollar Financial Group, Inc., 2014 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 122865, a Northern District of California court denied the defendant’s motion to compel arbitration based on the plaintiff’s allegation that the debt collection calls at issue were intended for a third party, and thus were not related to the contract containing the arbitration
On September 3, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued a new bulletin warning credit card issuers against certain interest-rate promotions that, it claimed, posed a risk of deceptive or abusive conduct. The transactions at issue involve solicitations that “offer a promotional annual percentage rate on a particular transaction over a defined period of time” and
In Payton v. Kale Realty, LLC, plaintiff Payton filed an amended complaint, asserting that defendant Kale used newly added defendant Voiceshot’s services to send unsolicited advertisements to potential customers’ cell phones. Voiceshot provides web-based cloud telecommunication services by which users can send mass text messages for a fee. Voiceshot is a Delaware company with
On August 28, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced several new senior leaders within the organization, including:
On August 27, the Securities and Exchange Commission adopted new rules for credit rating agencies to enhance governance, protect against conflicts of interest, and increase transparency to improve the quality of credit ratings and increase credit rating agency accountability. Industry observers hope that the new rules will address problems that have contributed to the failure
On October 1, 2014, in Williamsburg, VA, the Virginia Creditors Bar Association is hosting their Fifth Annual Collections Seminar. This event will feature comprehensive discussions on issues pertaining to Creditors’ Rights and Collections Law throughout the Commonwealth of Virginia, including, but not limited to, presentations regarding bankruptcy, authenticating business records, FDCPA defense, the CFPB, and
On August 21, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has selected seven mortgage companies and five vendors to participate in a three-month pilot program that will aim to determine whether electronic filings could improve mortgage closings. The pilot program is a part of the CFPB’s “Know Before You Owe” mortgage initiative.
Earlier this year in
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has published proposed changes to Regulation C, which implements the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA). The HMDA was enacted by Congress in 1975, and on July 21, 2011, the rule-writing authority of Regulation C was transferred to the CFPB. HMDA requires covered depository and nondepository institutions to collect and publicly