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Bankruptcy News Briefs 7/9

NY State’s Highest Court Rules on NY City’s Local Debt Collection Law

Time Warner Cable Slapped by Judge in Hard to Believe TCPA Case

Chase Debt Collection Enforcement Action: Breaking Down the Numbers, And Regulator Commentary

District Court Has Original Jurisdiction over 362(k) Claim

Loan Collections and Bankrupt Borrowers

Education Dept. Takes Steps to Ease Repayment for Student-Loan Borrowers

Late Payments on Home Equity Loans Drop, Defying Warnings

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Bankruptcy News Briefs 7/2

Appeals Court Settles NYC Debt Collection Law Challenge

Credit Card Collection Case Resolved

Debtor Takes Road Less Traveled to POC Challenge and Hits Dead End

CFPB Files Complaints Against Companies for Unfair Billing of Credit Card Products

The Future of Personal Bankruptcy in a Post-Obamacare World

Debt Forgiveness and Liquidation

Bankruptcy filings in WNY continue long shift downward

Stripping Off Junior Mortgages Now Barred in Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Cases

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Bankruptcy News Briefs 7/1

Supreme Court’s Same-Sex Marriage Ruling Could Have Ripple Effect for Debt Collectors

FTC Sends $4 million in Settlement Payments to Consumers

State Law Licensing for Collection Agencies: Compliance in Focus

Maine Changes Its State Fair Debt Collection Practices Act

U.S. bankruptcy judge pushes debt relief for Corinthian students

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Bankruptcy News Briefs 6/30

Collection Agency Wins TCPA Case

Regulators Halt Credit Card Robocall Operation

Proceed with Caution on Credit Scoring with Alternative Data

IRA Exemption Lost Due to Prohibited Transaction

Debt Collection Communications: Protecting Consumers in the Digital Age

More Detail About CFPB’s Release of Public Debt Collection Complaint Narratives

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Bankruptcy News Briefs 6/25

College Chain Fires Back at Former CFPB Watchdog

Year-Over-Year Consumer Litigation Cases Increase, Except TCPA

Plan May Include Vesting in Unwilling Creditor

CFPB update on student loan complaints continues to highlight co-signer release issues

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Bankruptcy News Briefs 6/23

Hospital Loses Loan Lawsuit

Medical Debt Collector Settles CFPB Enforcement Action

Caulkett Does Not Affect Lien-Stripping in Chapter 13

Madoff Trustee’s High Court Rebuff May Cut Victim Recoveries

As Corinthian Claim Deadline Approaches, Few Students Expected to File

Companies to Pay Restitution to Settle Charges of Illegal Activity

CFPB Wants Search Engines to Help Stop Student Debt Scams

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Bankruptcy News Briefs 6/22

Firms Charged with Discriminatory Auto Loan Pricing Paying Back $80M

Courts Rule That Disabled Woman Living Below the Poverty Line Must Repay Student Loans

One of Three Illinois Cases Gets it Right in FDCPA Case

SEC Fights Challenges to Its In-House Courts

It’s Nearly Impossible for Student Loan Co-Signers to Get off the Hook

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Bankruptcy News Briefs 6/19

CFPB Takes Action Against Medical Debt Collector, Largely For Lack of Policies and Procedures

Banks Handed Defeat on Robo-Calling Rules

Federal Communications Commission Approves Ruling on the Telephone Consumer Protection Act

Elizabeth Warren Intervenes in Search for New York Financial Regulator

The Ayes Have It” — FCC Passes Declaratory Ruling on Portions of the TCPA

6/18/2015: FCC’s Post-TCPA Decision Press Release

CFPB Finds 90 Percent Rejection Rate For Student Loan co-Signers Seeking Release

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Bankruptcy News Briefs 6/18

CFPB Sues Servicemember Auto Lender for Collection Tactics

FCC Commissioner Warns TCPA Overhaul Could Help Lawyers, Hurt Consumers

CFPB Issues its Seventh Semi-Annual Report to Congress

Regulator Restricts Mortgage Operations of Six Big Banks

Bruce Levitt Prevails in NJ Bankruptcy Court Ruling Allowing Chapter 13 Debtors to Strip Off Condo Association Liens

High Stakes and a Potential Standoff Over Student-Loan Debt Relief

Gov. Rick Scott signs bad timeshare law

Consumer watchdog says goodbye to student loan pointman

NACA and NCLC: House Moves to Weaken the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Consumers to CFPB: End Forced Arbitration

FCC Protects Consumers from Unsolicited Robocalls and Texts to Cell Phones and Moves to Modernize Lifeline Program

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Bankruptcy News Briefs 6/17

New York DFS Releases New Clarifications on Debt Collection Requirements

FTC Debt Collection Dialogue Focuses on Enforcement, Rules in the Industry

Advocates Applaud HUD on New Reverse Mortgage Policy that Could Reduce Foreclosures on Surviving Spouses

First Circuit Opinion Heavy on Vocabulary, Light on Logic

U.S. Senators Propose Military Consumer Protection Act

Collection Agency Settles Five-Year-Old Lawsuit

Vital Signs for Mortgage Market; Credit Scores Rebound

New Debt Collection Guidance from New York

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