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August

4
2023
Industry News

Judge grants MSJ in class action over disputed debt investigation

On July 28, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Alabama granted summary judgment in favor of a defendant third-party debt collector in an FCRA and FDCPA putative class action, holding that the defendant carried out a reasonable investigation following plaintiff’s dispute of the debt it had reported to credit reporting agencies (CRAs) and that the plaintiff failed to establish that the defendant knew or should have known that the debt was inaccurate or invalid.

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August

4
2023
Industry News

FIRST HORIZON NAMED ONE OF THE WORLD'S BEST BANKS BY FORBES MAGAZINE

MEMPHIS, Tenn., Aug. 2, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- First Horizon Corp. (NYSE: FHN or "First Horizon") has been recognized by Forbes Magazine in recent publications on their best bank rankings, World's Best Banks of 2023 and America's Best Banks.

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August

4
2023
Industry News

Phony bank accounts resurface at Wells Fargo, with a twist

As a longtime forensic accountant who helps consumer lawyers investigate big financial institutions, Jay Patterson has made a point to do business with a smallish local bank in his hometown of Little Rock, Arkansas.

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August

4
2023

August

4
2023
Trends

State AGs and Consumer Protection: What We Learned from . . . Colorado

We continue our State AG webinar series traveling farther west past the Great Plains to the Rocky Mountains in Colorado. Last week, we spoke with Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser and Deputy Attorney General for Consumer Protection, Nathan Blake, and covered a wide range of topics from the office’s structure, to the Colorado Privacy Act, to artificial intelligence (AI), and teen mental health. We recap highlights of what we learned below.

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