On May 25, 2017, Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey (“Massachusetts AG”) announced a final judgment and permanent injunction entered in Suffolk Superior Court against an unlicensed online auto title lender, permanently banning the company from operating in Massachusetts and […]View More
On September 27, 2016, the Kentucky Attorney General announced that on September 15, 2016, a Franklin Circuit Judge ordered a Florida-based student loan company to cease all operations in Kentucky. The Attorney General’s lawsuit was filed after the […]View More
On June 30, 2016, the Iowa Attorney General announced a settlement with a for-profit cosmetology college to resolve alleged violations of the Iowa Consumer Fraud Act. The settlement, which took the form of a consent […]View More
On June 21, 2016, the North Carolina Attorney General announced that two online fast cash lenders have agreed to pay more than $9 million in refunds for allegedly illegal loans issued to North Carolina consumers. The […]View More
On May 4, 2016, the Kentucky Attorney General announced that it filed a lawsuit against an out-of-state student loan company on May 2, 2016 for failing to turn over key documents in response to a subpoena […]View More
On April 1, 2016, the California Attorney General announced that it filed suit against a prominent investment bank for alleged “misrepresentations about complex investments such as residential mortgage-backed securities, in which large pools of home […]View More
On September 28, 2015, the CFPB announced that it had entered into a consent order and settlement with a national bank for alleged violations of the Dodd-Frank Act’s UDAAP provision for deceptive acts or practices […]View More
On July 8, 2015, New York Attorney General Eric T. Scheiderman announced that a court order was obtained that permanently bars a consumer debt collection agency from operating as a debt collector and further requires payment […]View More
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) took action against two credit card vendors, entering into proposed consent orders regarding the companies’ offerings of allegedly unlawful add-on products. Credit card companies offer consumers “add-on” services, such as […]View More
On May 20, 2015, Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine, along with attorneys general of thirty other states (“the State AGs”), announced a $6,000,000 settlement with three major credit reporting agencies (“CRAs”). According to the announcement […]View More
