On May 1, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois ordered the former owner of a now-defunct debt-relief company to pay over $43 million in restitution and penalties.

Utah became one of the first states to enact comprehensive artificial intelligence legislation with the passage of the Utah Artificial Intelligence Policy Act (UAIP, S.B. 149) specifically addressing ...

Indiana Governor Mike Braun signed House Enrolled Act No. 1125 into law, making Indiana the latest state to enact a statutory framework for regulating earned wage access (EWA) products. The Indiana ...

Impersonation of lenders. The FTC claims the defendants falsely claimed to be affiliated with well-known payday lenders to lend credibility to the debts they were attempting to collect.