ALL CFS Blog Entries

Federal Court Finds that Listing “Creditor” Under Commonly-Used Moniker Complies With FDCPAJoin Us on February 13 for an ABA Webinar - An Inside View: Working with Your Attorney GeneralCalifornia Continues State-Level Trend of Consumer Protection Focus, Settles With Walgreens for $2.25M

Auto Finance

FTC Conducts First Compliance Sweep Since Amendment to Used Car RuleMan Bites Dog: Consumer Attorneys Required to Pay DefendantPresident Trump Signs Repeal of 2013 Auto Finance Bulletin

Background Screening

Playing a Losing Hand: District Court Dismisses FCRA Disclosure Claim Against Casino in Absence of Concrete InjuryEmployer Lessons in Dealing with FCRA Disclosure ClaimsFCRA Class Action Dismissed by Missouri Court of Appeals for Lack of Standing

Better Business Bureau (BBB)

Join Us on August 10 for a Webinar on A Review of the New York Cybersecurity FrameworkBetter Business Bureau Data Show Sharp Decline in Debt Collection ComplaintsWebinar: Do You Know Your BBB Rating? What You Don't Know Could Hurt You

CFS Events

Join Us on July 17 for CDIA’s first annual Consumer Data Industry Association Inaugural Law SymposiumJoin Us on August 7th for the 13th Annual Credit Grantor Consortium in New York City23rd Annual Consumer Financial Services Institute

Credit Reporting & Data Brokers

DC Federal Court Dismisses FACTA Class Action on Standing GroundsReporting Outstanding Balance or Past Due Payments of Account Included in Ch. 13 Bankruptcy Plan Does Not Violate FCRAJoin Us on July 17 for CDIA’s first annual Consumer Data Industry Association Inaugural Law Symposium

Cyber Security, Information Governance & Privacy

Playing a Losing Hand: District Court Dismisses FCRA Disclosure Claim Against Casino in Absence of Concrete InjurySpokeo Strikes Again: Why Challenges to Standing Are KeyEmployer Lessons in Dealing with FCRA Disclosure Claims

Debt Buyers & Collectors

Reporting Outstanding Balance or Past Due Payments of Account Included in Ch. 13 Bankruptcy Plan Does Not Violate FCRAEnforceability of Long-Term Leases Under Statute of ConveyancesNot Quite Done: A CFPB Advisory Body Falls

Mortgage Lenders & Servicers

U.S. Supreme Court to Decide Whether FDCPA Applies to Non-Judicial ForeclosuresEnforceability of Long-Term Leases Under Statute of ConveyancesNot Quite Done: A CFPB Advisory Body Falls

Payment Processing & Cards

Changes Ahead for Marijuana Banking? STATES Act Proposed in Congress.Man Bites Dog: Consumer Attorneys Required to Pay DefendantSupreme Court Strikes Down Federal Ban on Sports Gambling

State Attorneys General, CFPB, & FTC

Kathy Who? Permanent Director of the CFPB Nominated by President TrumpJoin Us for a Complimentary Webinar: "Game-Changers in Consumer Class Actions"California Continues State-Level Trend of Consumer Protection Focus, Settles With Walgreens for $2.25M

Student Lending

Taking Stock of Virginia’s Newly-Created Office of the Qualified Education Loan OmbudsmanCourt Condemns DOE’s Approach to Student Loan Forgiveness for Corinthian Alums—for NowWinter is Here – FTC’s “Operation Game of Loans” Leads to $12 Million Judgment Against Student Loan Debt Relief Company

Uncategorized

Not Your Average Privacy Law—Vermont Enacts Nation’s Most Expansive Data Broker LegislationStudent Borrowers Risk Default by Investing in CryptocurrenciesSupreme Court Unanimously Decides that State Courts Have Jurisdiction Over Class Actions Brought Under the Securities Act of 1933