Tag Archives: California

The Department of Financial Protection and Innovation in California has issued a consumer alert, notifying the public that The Offices of Morgan and Moss is “holding itself out as a legitimate debt collector” in California, and is using “threatening and abusive tactics to coerce consumers to make payments on ‘debts’ …

The California Assembly on Tuesday passed AB 1020, a bill that would ban hospitals from selling patient debts, require collectors to certify that patients have been screened for public programs and financial assistance before filing a collection lawsuit, and extend the period before a debt could be placed with a …

The California state Senate yesterday passed SB 531, a bill that would require the original creditor or owner of a debt to notify a consumer within five days of the sale or assignment of the debt to someone else, while also giving consumers the right to request certain information about …

California’s Department of Financial Protection and Innovation has issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in relation to its plan to adopt licensing requirements for debt collectors, and opened a 45-day comment period on those proposed rules. The proposed rules seek to adopt the application that will have to be used …

The California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (DFPI) came out swinging yesterday with its first major action, issuing subpoenas to a dozen companies in the accounts receivable management industry, investigating consumer complaints about alleged unlawful, unfair, deceptive, or abusive collection practices. The companies that were issued subpoenas are: Portfolio …

As many of you know, there is a lot going on in California right now. The state is getting ready to release a new licensing application, one that companies will need to understanding and complete before the state’s new licensing law goes into effect next January. The state is also …

A group of eight state attorneys general filed suit yesterday in federal court in New York to block a rule that was issued by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency that aimed to close a gap in the process of banks selling loans to third parties, such as …

A District Court judge in California has denied a defendant’s motion to stay a case accusing it of violating the Telephone Consumer Protection Act in order to wait for a new definition of automated telephone dialing system from the Federal Communications Commission, ruling that the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals …

A state Appeals Court in California has ruled that the state is violating the civil rights of low-income defendants by attaching court fees to misdemeanor criminal convictions without determining the defendants’ ability to repay the debts. A homeless woman had been charged $220 after she was convicted of driving with …

The new attorney general of New York is picking up the consumer protection battle right where her predecessor left off, and is planning on taking on the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection. Barbara Underwood, who took over from Eric Schneiderman last month when he resigned abruptly, said she is leading …