A&B Abstract This blog post is part four of a five-part series examining the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (the “CFPB” or “Bureau”) proposed rule amending Regulation F (“Proposed Rule”), which implements the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (“FDCPA”) to prescribe rules governing the activities of debt collectors. In part one of this series, we provided […]
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A Closer Look at the CFPB’s Proposed Debt Collection Rules – Part Three: Important Details Relating to Disclosures and Debt Validation Notices
A&B Abstract This blog post is part three of a five-part series examining the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (the “CFPB” or “Bureau”) proposed rule amending Regulation F (“Proposed Rule”), which implements the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (“FDCPA”) to prescribe rules governing the activities of debt collectors. In part one of this series, we provided […]
A Closer Look at the CFPB’s Proposed Debt Collection Rules – Part One
A&B Abstract: On May 7, 2019, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (the “CFPB” or “Bureau”) issued a proposed rule that would significantly amend Regulation F (the “Proposed Rule”), which implements the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (“FDCPA”), to prescribe rules governing the activities of debt collectors that are subject to the FDCPA. The Bureau recently […]
Alston & Bird Issues Client Alert on a Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Decision Relating to the Massachusetts Attorney General Debt Collection Regulations and Its Corresponding Debt Collection Guidance On What Constitutes an Attempt to Contact a Massachusetts Debtor By Telephone
On March 28, Alston & Bird Partner Nanci Weissgold and Senior Associate Anoush Garakani issued a Client Alert summarizing a Massachusetts court case relating to debt collection activities and communication efforts with a debtor in the collection of consumer debt, specifically when contacting a debtor by telephone in accordance with 940 CMR 7.04(1)(f). The Client […]