As reported by Bloomberg, the Democratic Attorneys General Association (DAGA) has hired Rohit Chopra, former Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau), to lead a new Consumer Protection and Affordability Working Group within DAGA’s policy arm. The move was announced as a coordinated, state-led response to rising living costs and widespread fraud, with a policy agenda that spans financial services, technology, and health care.
Private equity’s footprint in health care has expanded rapidly over the past decade, and in response states have begun to retool long‑standing doctrines and create new guardrails that target ownership, control, and transparency. The result is an emerging patchwork of laws and review processes that remake the corporate practice of medicine landscape, constrain common “friendly PC” structures, and require far more visibility into transactions involving private equity, hedge funds, real estate investment trusts (REITs), and management services organizations (MSOs).
When it comes to third-party collections, many creditors assume that commission-based compensation is the ultimate motivator. After all, if agencies only earn when they collect, their interests must be perfectly aligned with yours—right?
Not always.
On November 19, 2025, the Appellate Division, Second Department reversed the trial court’s denial of defendant’s motion to dismiss claims alleging violations of the Fair Debt Collections Practices Act (FDCPA) for lack of standing.1
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