Under a recent Eastern District Court ruling, Pennsylvania debt collectors must be licensed by the Department of Banking and Securities in order to collect on deficiency judgments from retail installment sales contracts or face violations of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act.
In the decision from Judge Kearney in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Wyche…
There is a constant drip of news about data security breaches, identity thefts and cybersecurity, to the point that it can become background noise. That is, until it happens to you, as I recently found out.
Several weeks ago, I got a call from the administrator of my 401(k) asking if I had requested another…
With the current administration, we have continued to see an evolution of less enforcement at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Cheers for this change should be kept in check because it may be causing state enforcement agencies to be more active in consumer financing areas. Previously, there was collaboration between the CFPB and state agencies;…
