A prior settlement and $50,000 fine do not absolve debt collectors from claims that they used government seals and letterheads to trick consumers into paying illegal fees, a federal judge said Thursday.
Read moreA debt collection agency will have to pony up $9 million for violating California and federal consumer protection laws, according to a settlement announced Wednesday.
Read moreIn a batch of five cases taken up for the start of the October term, the Supreme Court agreed Thursday to review claims over a fishing trip that turned fatal when public utility workers attempted to raise a downed power line from the Tennessee River.
Read moreDespite assuming a less aggressive watchdog role under its new leadership, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Tuesday defended its lawsuit against a debt relief company accused of deceiving borrowers.
Read moreA company trying to distinguish itself from the one it hired to collect credit card debts faced an uphill battle at the Third Circuit on Thursday in its bid to evade a lawsuit.
Read moreA company that bails undocumented immigrants out of detention must face class action claims it intimidates vulnerable people into making exorbitant monthly lease payments on ankle trackers by falsely implying they can be arrested if they fall behind on payments, a federal judge ruled Tuesday.
Read moreCalifornia state Attorney General Xavier Becerra announced plans Thursday to sue student-loan servicer Navient and its subsidiaries, claiming the company abuses borrowers with misrepresentations about amount owed, how payments are applied and how income-driven repayment certification can be obtained.
Read moreA federal judge on Wednesday dismissed with leave to amend California’s lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Education seeking debt relief for defrauded Corinthian College students.
Read moreA man’s false promises about a coming financial windfall, made to keep their lawyers working, were statements respecting his financial condition that – because they weren’t made in writing – can’t be used against him in bankruptcy proceedings, the Supreme Court ruled Monday.
Read moreThe Arizona Court of Appeals affirmed Tuesday an injunction stopping Banner Health Network and others from enforcing liens for the balance between what the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System paid for its members’ health care and the hospitals’ customary charges, as federal law pre-empts the hospitals’ contracts with the system.
Read moreCalifornia-based East West Bank claims in Illinois state court that Monroe Capital Partners, the administrative agent for lenders including East West, refuses to take action to collect $34.5 million owed on a credit agreement because Monroe holds an equity interest in the borrower’s parent company.
Read moreA woman claims in a federal complaint that Wells Fargo called her cellphone 1,000 times about alleged debts, in violation of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act.
Read moreA class action accuses Bleier & Cox APC and the National Collegiate Student Loan Trust of abusive debt collection, in Superior Court.
Read moreThree states brought a federal complaint Thursday against the government for enforcing debt collection against students who were defrauded by a defunct chain of for-profit colleges.
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