Mon.Mar 18, 2024

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Bills Introduced in House, Senate to Lower Workweek to 32 Hours

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A bill has been introduced in both chambers of Congress that would mandate a 32-hour workweek — with no corresponding loss in pay — for full-time workers in the United States, as a means of allowing employees to share in productivity gains that technology has created over the past several decades.

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Wisconsin Legislature Passes Earned Wage Access Bill

Troutman Sanders

On February 20, the Wisconsin Senate passed House Bill (HB) 574 to regulate earned wage access (EWA) products and services. HB 574 creates a new chapter to the Wisconsin Statutes that requires EWA providers to be licensed by the Division of Banking and imposes substantive and disclosure rules. HB 574 expressly exempts EWA offered by licensees under the new law from the licensed loan company provisions in Wis.

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Daily Digest – March 18. Judge Denies Defendant’s MJOP in FDCPA Case; Chamber, CFPB Spar Over Late Fee Case; Investments Lead to Judge Recusal

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Judge Denies Defendant’s MJOP in FDCPA Case Chamber, CFPB Spar Over Late Fee Case; Investments Lead to Judge Recusal Bills Introduced in House, Senate to Lower Workweek to 32 Hours Compliance Digest – March 18 WORTH NOTING: A job posting for positions in Antarctica counting penguins is turning some heads … It’s not you getting […]

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FTC Announces Amendments to Telemarketing Sales Rule

Troutman Sanders

On March 7, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced a final rule updating recordkeeping requirements and extending the protections against misrepresentations of the Telemarketing Sales Rule (TSR) to businesses (Final Rule). It also announced a notice of proposed rulemaking to extend the TSR’s coverage to inbound telemarketing calls involving technical support services.

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From Complexity to Clarity: Strategies for Effective Compliance and Security Measures

Speaker: Erika R. Bales, Esq.

When we talk about “compliance and security," most companies want to ensure that steps are being taken to protect what they value most – people, data, real or personal property, intellectual property, digital assets, or any other number of other things - and it’s more important than ever that safeguards are in place. Let’s step back and focus on the idea that no matter how complicated the compliance and security regime, it should be able to be distilled down to a checklist.

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Chamber, CFPB Spar Over Late Fee Case; Investments Lead to Judge Recusal

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The judge assigned to the case filed by the US Chamber of Commerce and other groups against the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau that challenges the regulator’s new credit card late fee rule recused himself late last week, and the case was then assigned to a judge considered to be just as conservative as his predecessor.

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Compliance Digest – March 18

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I’m thrilled to announce that Bedard Law Group is the new sponsor for the Compliance Digest. Bedard Law Group, P.C. – Compliance Support – Defense Litigation – Nationwide Complaint Management – Turnkey Speech Analytics. And Our New BLG360 Program – Your Low Monthly Retainer Compliance Solution. Visit www.bedardlawgroup.com, email John H.

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Judge Denies Defendant’s MJOP in FDCPA Case

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A District Court judge in New Jersey has denied a defendant’s motion for judgment on the pleadings in a Fair Debt Collection Practices Act case, shooting down each of the four arguments made by the defendant why the case should be ruled in its favor.