Richmond, Va.-based VCU Health is taking several steps to overhaul its collection practices, including halting seizure of patients’ wages and removing liens on patients’ homes, according to the ...

On September 24, 2023, Governor Gavin Newsom signed SB-1286 which expands California’s Rosenthal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (California FDCPA) to apply to certain commercial financial products ...

A large debt collection company in the United States was recently accused of violating federal consumer protection laws. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau filed a proposed order that, if ...

In this article, we share a timeline of our monthly "bites" for 2024 applicable to debt collection practices. Like 2023, the theme of 2024 was medical debt collection. The Bureau issued numerous ...

On October 1, 2024, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued an advisory opinion titled Debt Collection Practices (Regulation F); Deceptive and Unfair Collection of Medical Debt. The ...

Are they calling you to collect a debt? If this is your situation, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) shares 4 unfair practices that debt collectors cannot do, according to the Fair Debt ...

If you’re behind on debt payments, your lender might send you to collections. And while the harassing phone calls and ...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau released its annual report to Congress on the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act highlighting consumer complaints about unpaid medical debt. Fresh off a ...

Litigation Trends to Watch: Cases Surge Over Law Firms’ Collection Practices, Trump’s Grant Freeze and Delta Plane Crash Class actions are mounting against law firms over their collection practices.