The FTC originally moved for summary judgment in August 2015, and in April 2016 the magistrate judge recommended granting the FTC's motion in its entirety.

The ABA urged the CFPB to re-submit its proposed plan with a draft survey because the contours of the current process were "defective and opaque."

On June 17, 2016, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ("CFPB") announced changes to the dollar amount thresholds for certain consumer credit transactions under the Truth in Lending Act ("TILA").

On April 13, the House Financial Services Committee approved a bill by a 33-20 vote that is intended to end direct funding of the CFPB by the Federal Reserve...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau recently issued a "Request for Information Regarding Home Mortgage Disclosure Act Resubmission Guidelines."

On December 22, the Federal Trade Commission announced a settlement of a pending lawsuit brought under the Telemarketing Sales Rule against participants in an alleged credit card...

On March 21, the Federal Trade Commission issued a warning that portfolios of alleged payday loan debts serviced by AMG Services are bogus.

On October 22-23, 2018, the Food and Drug Administration will hold a public meeting on the tobacco product application review process.

In Schumacher v. SC Data Center, the plaintiff brought three class action claims against SC Data Center, Inc. under the Fair Credit Reporting Act related to its pre-employment background check process.

As we previously reported, consumer plaintiff Robert Piveronas filed a putative Fair Credit Reporting Act class action in Pennsylvania state court against Sodexo, Inc., alleging that ...

On February 29, the Supreme Court denied certiorari review in Mullins v. Direct Digital, LLC, No. 15-1776.

The District Court for the Middle District of Florida recently added to TCPA case law concerning the level of human intervention required to defeat claimed use of an automatic telephone dialing system, or "ATDS," in a TCPA lawsuit.

On August 29, yet another Telephone Consumer Protection Act class action was filed in the Middle District of Florida. This suit, however, is a bit different than others that we have seen.

On November 15, as has been widely reported, the Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Richard Cordray, announced by email to his staff that he would be resigning at the end of the month.

The FTC sent warning letters to 20 companies, comprised of real estate agents, home builders and lead generators.

Over the past decade, consumer data breach litigation has focused on whether consumers who received a breach notice suffered an injury that would allow their claims to move forward.

A federal court in Michigan recently ruled that out-of-state residents have standing to sue under the Michigan Personal Privacy Protection Act

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the Federal Trade Commission jointly filed an amicus brief with the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in Bock v. Pressler & Pressler, LLP.

Like most industries today, Consumer Finance Services businesses are being significantly impacted by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19)

As part of a larger effort to secure domestic supply chains for critical industries, on June 8, the Department of Energy (DOE) released its National Blueprint for Lithium Batteries, 2021-2030.