Consumer Financial Services Law

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

In the wake of the Wells Fargo debacle, the CFPB has issued a Compliance Bulletin which addresses employee incentives and the consumer risks associated with them. CFPB Compliance Bulletins are non-binding general statements of CFPB policy. The Bulletin notes that while businesses and consumers alike may benefit from the use of incentives when properly implemented and monitored, incentives may also lead to significant consumer harm when effective controls for risk are not in place.

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Indiana Consumer Law Group

NOVEMBER 26, 2016

PRESS RELEASE. Indiana Consumer Law Group/The Law Office of Robert E. Duff announces the recent filing of a lawsuit against Blatt, Hasenmiller, Liebsker & Moore, LLC, a debt collection law firm based in Chicago, Illinois. The lawsuit, which has been filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana, alleges that Blatt, Hasenmiller, Liebsker & Moore filed a debt collection lawsuit against the Indiana consumer in the wrong county and thereby violated the Fair D

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Consumer Financial Services Law

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

A recent decision out of the Northern District of Georgia serves as a reminder to both consumers and furnishers of information as to the furnisher’s obligation to reasonably investigate a dispute under the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act. In Taylor v. Georgia Power Company, the consumer disputed the power company’s reporting of her account as delinquent with the consumer reporting agencies (“CRA”).

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