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Troutman Pepper Weekly Consumer Financial Services Newsletter

Troutman Sanders

District Court of the Western District of Washington against the founder of three crypto-related companies and the companies themselves, alleging that in 2017, the defendants conducted an unregistered crypto asset securities offering in violation of Sections 5(a) and (c) of the Securities Act of 1933. For more information, click here.

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630,000 UK Companies facing Insolvency

UK debt collections

The latest research for Q4 2020 recorded the largest numerical quarterly leap (73,000) in financially distressed companies since Q2 2017. The financial services sector has had a torrid time with a 38% year on year and 24% quarter on quarter increase in significant financial distress as the effect of the pandemic bites.

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DOJ Reaches Largest Ever Redlining Settlement with Los Angeles-based Bank

Troutman Sanders

In the complaint , which was filed in the district court for the Central District of California on January 12, 2023, the DOJ alleged that from 2017 through 2020, the bank “avoided” providing mortgage lending services to majority-Black and Hispanic neighborhoods in Los Angeles County.

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Can a Lender Pursue Debt Collection After a Charge Off and 1099-C Issuance?

Jimerson Firm

a United States District Court in the 11 th Circuit analyzed the issue of whether a creditor’s issuance of a 1099-C extinguishes or cancels a debt. 1:11–cv–72, 2012 WL 1098619, at *7 (W.D.N.C. In re Lukaszka , BR 17-00242, 2017 WL 3381815, at *3 (Bankr. For example, in Ware v. Bank of Am. , See, e.g., Fed. Deposit Ins.

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Eleventh Circuit Continues to Explore Definition of Debt Collector

Consumer Financial Services Law

3d 1309 (11 th Cir. 1718, 171-22 (2017) in which the Supreme Court held that a debt buyer may collect its own accounts under certain circumstances without triggering the FDCPA. 1718, 171-22 (2017) in which the Supreme Court held that a debt buyer may collect its own accounts under certain circumstances without triggering the FDCPA.

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Noncompete Agreements: Protecting Referral Relationships as Legitimate Business Interests

Jimerson Firm

Moreover, certain assets not enumerated in Section 542.335 can still constitute protectable legitimate business interests. Mederi Caretenders Visiting Servs. LLC , 226 So. 3d 774, 784–85 (Fla. Conclusion The enforcement of a noncompete agreement often turns on whether an employer’s alleged asset qualifies as a legitimate business interest.

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District Court Takes Expansive View of "Deceptive or Misleading" Practices under FDCPA

Consumer Financial Services Law

30, 2017), the plaintiff, Fatema Islam, failed to pay the balance due on her credit card with Bank of America, N.A., and Bank of America responded by placing Islam’s account with American Recovery Service (“ARS”) for collection. Recovery Serv. LEXIS 180415 (S.D.N.Y.