OAKLAND – California Attorney General Rob Bonta, as part of a bipartisan coalition, filed a brief yesterday in support of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) interpretation that student loan trusts are “covered persons” under the Consumer Financial Protection Act. The brief supports the CFPB in its case against the National Collegiate Student Loan Trusts (Trusts) for engaging in illegal debt collection of student loans.
This report is based on analysis of data from industry research, legal cases, academic research, the CFPB’s market monitoring, and other third-party sources. In our research, we focused on publicly available information from a sample of 17 tenant screening companies that offer services to landlords across the country.1 These companies were selected based on their perceived prevalence in sources such as: public-facing websites, analyses by industry observers, academic research, consumer complaints submitted to the CFPB, and recent lawsuits.
The Department of Defense (DOD) and our nation’s defense industrial base (DIB)—which includes entities outside the federal government that provide goods or services critical to meeting U.S. military requirements—are dependent on information systems to carry out their operations. These systems continue to be the target of cyber attacks, as DOD has experienced over 12,000 cyber incidents since 2015 (see figure).To combat these incidents, DOD has established two processes for managing cyber incidents—one for all incidents and one for critical incidents. However, DOD has not fully implemented either of these processes.
The Federal Trade Commission is sending payments totaling more than $9.8 million to consumers who were harmed by Illinois-based Napleton Automotive Group’s junk fees and discriminatory practices.
WASHINGTON, November 10, 2022—The FCC’s Robocall Response Team announced new actions to cut off a flood of scam robocalls related to student loan debts. The FCC’s Enforcement Bureau believes upwards of 40 percent of student loan debt robocalls generated last month originated from one voice service provider: Urth Access, LLC. The Bureau told the service provider that it must cease carrying this illegal traffic and ordered all voice service providers to look for this traffic. Also, FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel confirmed that the Bureau has opened a formal case and is investigating these calls for possible further legal action.
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