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On July 7, 2020, the CFPB issued its much-anticipated final rule (the “Revocation Rule”) on small dollar lending rescinding the mandatory underwriting provisions of its 2017 rule governing payday, vehicle title, and certain high-cost installment loans (the “2017 Rule”).  Consistent with its proposal last year, the Revocation Rule rescinds the Mandatory Underwriting Provisions of the

The California Attorney General has submitted comments on the final proposed CCPA regulations.  Our sister blog, Security & Privacy Bytes has published a summary of the key guidance that can be garnered from these materials including, expectations regarding “user-enabled privacy controls” (and Do Not Track signals), rules governing service provider use of personal information, jurisdictional

Last week, in Luna v. Hansen & Adkins Auto Transp., Inc., 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 13215  (9th Cir. Apr. 24, 2020), the Ninth Circuit rejected a former employee’s argument that his employer violated the FCRA by providing the required FCRA disclosure together with other application materials, holding that such a “novel” interpretation of the FCRA “stretches the statute’s requirements beyond the limits of law and common sense.”
Continue Reading A Bridge Too Far: Ninth Circuit Rejects Former Employee’s “Novel” Interpretation of the FCRA

Kelly v. Quicken Loans Inc., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 68570 (N.D. Tex. Apr. 18, 2020), highlights the difficulties a creditor faces when a debtor files for bankruptcy.  In that case, even though the creditor’s communications acknowledged the plaintiff’s bankruptcy and contained disclaimer language, a district court largely rejected defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s FCRA and state-law claims.

As an initial matter, defendant only moved to dismiss plaintiff’s FCRA claim to the extent that it was based on allegations that defendant was trying to collect a discharged debt.  However, because the court concluded that the FCRA claim was based on allegedly impermissible account reviews and credit pulls and not on attempting to collect a discharged debt, it summarily denied defendant’s motion to dismiss the FCRA claim.Continue Reading Creditors Walk a Fine Line When Communicating With a Debtor During and After Bankruptcy