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Consumer Reports applauds federal court ruling reinstating FTC commissioner
17 Jul 2025 23:34 GMT
… FTC is tasked with protecting consumers from unfair and deceptive … methods of competition, and investigating consumer complaints, including on issues relating … It oversees key consumer protection laws, like the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), the Children …
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Texas Court Vacates CFPB Medical Debt Reporting Rule
18 Jul 2025 20:52 GMT
… ’s statutory authority under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). The decision blocks a … Circuit’s 2022 decision in Consumer Data Industry Association v. Frey …
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Black Americans Hit Hard as Medical Debt Rule Tossed
18 Jul 2025 18:47 GMT
… of Texas vacated the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s … its authority under the Fair Credit Reporting Act. The decision halts a … collections under $500—consumer advocates note these changes … taken steps to protect consumers, but without federal backing …
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Wells Fargo accused of charging undisclosed float fees to mortgage borrowers
18 Jul 2025 18:55 GMT
… refund, making it impossible for consumers to assess their damages. The … putting the burden on the consumer to figure out whether the … May for allegedly violating the Fair Credit Reporting Act.
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Medical Debt…Remains
18 Jul 2025 18:48 GMT
… a Biden-era rule.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau rule would … Bureau’s authority under the Fair Credit Reporting Act.
An estimated 49-billion-dollars …
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Judge scraps rule eliminating medical debt on credit reports
18 Jul 2025 10:38 GMT
… rule, finalized by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in … -appointed leadership, the consumer bureau joined the trade … rule conflicted with the Fair Credit Reporting Act.
Consumer advocates said the … that unlike most other consumer debt, medical bills …
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8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Digest: July 16, 2025
18 Jul 2025 06:06 GMT
… District of Missouri, Harpool, J.
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Agency Relationship; Dismissal … alleged that defendants violated the Fair Credit Reporting Act, the Driver’s Privacy Protection …
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Top 3 Supreme Court Environmental and Administrative Trends of 2025
18 Jul 2025 03:18 GMT
… (FCC) order interpreting the Telephone Consumer Protection Act during an unrelated … to pursue claims under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, only one group of whom …
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Trump-Appointed Judge Blocks Medical Debt Relief, Harming Millions— Especially Black Americans
17 Jul 2025 21:50 GMT
… ruled to vacate the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s … its authority under the Fair Credit Reporting Act.
The decision halts a … collections under $500—consumer advocates note these changes … taken steps to protect consumers, but without federal backing …
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Will medical debts show up on millions of credit reports?
17 Jul 2025 20:04 GMT
… to rewrite part of the Fair Credit Reporting Act.
Finance companies can continue to … Jordan ruled that the federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau overstepped its … debts.
It also asserted that consumers often report receiving inaccurate medical …