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June

11
2024
Industry News

The Land of 10,000 Lakes Adds New Consumer Privacy Law: Minnesota Joins Privacy Fray

Minnesota’s governor has now signed into law that state’s comprehensive privacy law. For those keeping count – that is number 19 of state “comprehensive” privacy laws, with six in 2024 alone. The Minnesota law will go into effect on July 31, 2025, thirty days after Tennessee’s.

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June

11
2024
Compliance

ODD DUCK: Rocket Enterprises Sued in a TCPA Class Action and This One Is Really Weird…

So Rocket Enterprises (not Rocket Mortgage, for once) was just sued in a TCPA class action down in Texas and this is the weirdest one I have seen in a while. In Grovano Inc. v. Rocket, a liquidation sales website company– yes a business–is suing Rocket for allegedly illegal text messages.

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June

11
2024
Industry News

In sweeping change, Biden administration to ban medical debt from credit reports

The Biden administration will propose a rule Tuesday to ban medical debt from credit reports. The rule, which will be announced by Vice President Kamala Harris and Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Rohit Chopra, comes as President Joe Biden beefs up his efforts to convince Americans his administration is lowering costs, a chief concern for voters in the upcoming election.

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June

10
2024
Industry News

CFPB Issues Final Rule Creating Nonbank Enforcement Action Registry

The CFPB issued its final rule, titled the Registry of Nonbank Covered Persons Subject to Certain Agency and Court Orders Final Rule, on June 3, 2024. The rule will require certain nonbank entities to register certain covered enforcement or court orders, and comply with ongoing, attested reporting requirements on the entity’s compliance with such orders.

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June

10
2024
Trends

US Consumer Borrowing Restrained by Drop in Revolving Credit

(Bloomberg) -- US consumer borrowing increased in April by less than forecast as credit-card balances declined for the first time in three years.

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