Jun 13, 2017 | News
Newly appointed Justice Neil Gorsuch issued his first opinion on June 12th for a unanimous court in a case concerning who qualifies as a debt collector under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA). In Henson v. Santander Consumer USA Inc., Santander...
Jun 12, 2017 | News
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau recently released a follow up to its 2015 study on credit invisibility in the United States. A person is “credit invisible” when they lack the data needed to calculate a credit score (invisible) or their credit data is so old...
Jun 9, 2017 | News
On the heels of passing a bill that would severely curtail the authority of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), House Financial Services Committee Chairman Representative Jeb Hensarling (R- TX) is considering holding CFPB Director Richard Cordray in...
Jun 9, 2017 | News
On June 8th, the U.S. House of Representatives voted 233-186 to advance the Financial CHOICE Act to the Senate and continue the long process toward major revisions to the Dodd-Frank Act, a banking reform and consumer protection law passed by a bipartisan Congress...
Jun 8, 2017 | News
As the federal circuit court in Washington, D.C. continues to ponder the constitutionality of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) after oral arguments before an en banc court a few weeks ago, another case with potential implications on the position of CFPB... 
