Debt collection

Brad Elbein, a former director of two Federal Trade Commission regional offices, has joined Barron & Newburger, P.C. as Managing Attorney of the firm's new Atlanta office.

A California resident has filed a class-action lawsuit against a Santa Rosa, Calif.-based collection agency, alleging it sent misleading form letters suggesting it was linked with local government.

Defaults, repossessions and auctions were down 3% last year compared with 2014 and down 62% from a peak in 2010, according to a report released today by RealtyTrac.

Overlapping missions and jurisdictions are fueling competition between the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the Federal Trade Commission, according to former officials at both agencies.

Idaho Community Action Network (ICAN) on Monday protested what it calls a lack of action by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau regarding enacting national standards for payday loan operations and ending uncapped loans.

ACA International filed a lawsuit in July to challenge the Federal Communications Commission’s Declaratory Ruling concerning the Telephone Consumer Protection Act. On Friday, in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, the FCC filed its answering brief to the case, titled ACA International, et al. v. FCC and U.S.

Overlapping missions and jurisdictions are fueling competition between the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the Federal Trade Commission, according to former officials at both agencies.

A Michigan circuit court judge on Thursday banned Liquidation LLC and eight related companies from collecting on title loans that charge triple-digit interest rates.

Approximately half of more than 40 enforcement issues made public by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau have alleged violations of the Unfair, Deceptive and Abusive Acts or Practices provision of the Dodd-Frank Act.

The inventory of homes in foreclosure fell in November to the lowest level since November 2007, according to a report from CoreLogic, a global property information company.