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.

On May 1, the CFPB filed a joint motion with two financial trade groups to vacate a Biden-era rule barring most medical debt from appearing on consumer credit reports.

Acting Comptroller of the Currency Rodney Hood delivered pre-recorded remarks at the National Fair Housing Alliance’s Responsible AI Symposium. In his speech, Hood reiterated the OCC’s commitment to ...

In early 2025, a federal judge dismissed charges against an Indiana businessman for failure to register his cryptocurrency ...

House Bill 1219 was passed by the Florida Legislature, marking a new, even more employer-centric era for noncompete ...

Greetings TCPAWorld! I’m back with the latest. Yesterday, ExxonMobil Corporation was named in a new TCPA class action in the ...

How does the Colonel protect his ‘11 herbs and spices’ recipe? Why did Coca-Cola never patent its recipe? Why won’t the New ...

Compromise” sometimes gets a bad rap. And history teaches us that there can be bad compromises. But as your resident glass-is ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced on April 30, 2025, that it is requesting public comments on candidates who are interested and available to serve as ad hoc reviewers assisting ...