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October

5
2023
Industry News

NY federal court denies motion to dismiss CFPB lawsuit against debt buyer companies and their owners/officers for unlawful debt collection practices based on third-party conduct

A New York federal district court has denied a motion to dismiss the lawsuit filed in January 2022 by the CFPB against three companies that purchase portfolios of defaulted debts (Corporate Defendants) and three individuals who are owners and/or officers of the Corporate Defendants (Individual Defendants).

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October

5
2023
Industry News

Prepared Remarks of Seth Frotman, General Counsel and Senior Advisor to the Director, at New Jersey Citizen Action Education Fund’s 14th Annual Financial Justice Summit

New Jersey has made great progress on a range of crucial consumer protection issues, from last year’s legislation providing important protections against predatory lending by for-profit schools to building momentum on basic debt collection standards to fighting off efforts to allow problematic earned wage access products.

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October

4
2023
Industry News

Attorney General James Leads Multistate Statement in Support of CFPB in Supreme Court Case

NEW YORK – On Tuesday, October 3rd, the United States Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in Consumer Financial Protection Bureau v. Community Financial Services Association of America Ltd. The Community Financial Services Association of America (CFSA) is asking the Supreme Court to affirm the Fifth Circuit’s ruling that threatens the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) funding and existence

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October

4
2023
Industry News

Separation of Powers Arguments Come to a Head in CFPB Supreme Court Case

Two hours of debate in front of the U.S. Supreme Court are in the books in a case that could impact the funding structure of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau at a critical time for the agency, consumers, and the financial services industries it oversees.

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October

4
2023
Industry News

Supreme Court justices appear skeptical of challenge to CFPB's funding structure

Washington — The Supreme Court on Tuesday weighed the constitutionality of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's funding structure in what is the most significant test of the agency's 13-year existence, with several of the justices expressing skepticism toward arguments that the mechanism is outside the bounds of the Constitution.

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