Compliance

A Buffalo-area man is facing up to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty yesterday to charges of conspiracy to commit wire fraud for his role in a collection scam. Michael Dudley is due to be sentenced on Oct. 23 before a District Court judge in New York. Dudley worked …

For all the partisan bickering and rhetoric in Washington, D.C., it can be a rare occurrence when members of Congress from both sides of the aisle come together with one voice. Apparently, all it takes is a vote on a bill attempting to eliminate robocalls to make that rare occurrence …

A District Court judge has granted summary judgment to a defendant accused of violating the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, going as far as to suggest “that this case may be lawyer driven.” A copy of the ruling in Richardson v. Diversified Consultants, Inc., can be accessed by clicking here. …

A defendant is being accused in a class-action suit of violating the Telephone Consumer Protection Act by allegedly calling an individual’s home phone 30 times per day, on consecutive days, after the individual revoked consent to be contacted on his cell phone, part of a campaign where the plaintiff was …

An industry trade association, in conjunction with two consumer advocacy groups, have filed a request for a 90-day extension to file comments related to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s proposed debt collection rule. This marks the first time that an organization from the financial services industry has made such a …

Less than a week after it was voted out of committee, the full House of Representatives is expected to debate and vote on the Stopping Bad Robocalls Act, according to a published report from ACA International. The bill — H.R. 3375 — is being labeled as “the most substantial” Telephone …

The companies that operate Lexington Law and CreditRepair.com have filed a motion to dismiss a lawsuit filed against it by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, arguing the complaint does not state a claim, some of the claims are untimely, and the leadership structure of the bureau is unconstitutional. Having received …

The Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit has upheld a lower court’s ruling that said a collection agency did not violate the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act by charging a fee to an individual under the language of the original agreement between the creditor and the individual. A copy …

A deal could be announced as early as today that Equifax will pay as much as $700 million to settle investigations from the Federal Trade Commission, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and state Attorneys General stemming from a 2017 data breach that exposed the personal information of nearly 150 million individuals. …

A District Court judge in Pennsylvania has appointed a former state Supreme Court justice as master in a case to determine whether a proposed $4 million settlement in a Telephone Consumer Protection Act case is sufficient. The settlement was approved in March in Ward v. Flagship Credit Acceptance (2:17-cv-02069) and …