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THOSE BACKING LEANDRA ENGLISH FILE BRIEFS SUPPORTING HER LAWSUIT AGAINST PRESIDENT TRUMP
- Groups of consumer advocates, law school professors, Democratic members of Congress, and the attorneys general of 18 states have all filed amicus briefs in support of Leandra English’s lawsuit against President Trump and Mick Mulvaney. his pick to be the acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
HEALTHCARE COMPANY PURCHASES AND FORGIVES $1M OF MEDICAL DEBTS
- Better, a company that works with individuals to “get back the money their health insurance owes them,” has purchased and forgiven $1 million of medical debt for several hundred Californians. A report promoting the act did not mention how much the company spent to acquire the $1 million of debt. Better is using RIP Medical Debt to help it purchase the portfolios and forgive the debts.
BANKERS GROUP SUPPORTS PETITION TO EXEMPT CERTAIN CALLS FROM MORTGAGE SERVICERS UNDER TCPA
- The American Bankers Association is supporting a petition to the Federal Communications Commission from the Federal Housing Finance Association to have certain categories of calls from mortgage services exempted from the Telephone Consumer Protection Act.
MULVANEY REVIEWING ALL PENDING CFPB INVESTIGATIONS
- Mick Mulvaney, President Trump’s pick to be acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, is reviewing 125 pending active investigations, including nearly 30 matters that are in litigation currently, according to a published report.
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