johnchubbard

The Federal Trade Commission has sued several debt collection companies over collecting non-existent debts: The agency ordered a federal court in North...Read More

The National Consumer Law Center has released a report on state specific debt collection information and complaints.  Most notable is the high percentage...Read More

The New York Times ran a story on ranking every state’s lemon law: All 50 states and the District of Columbia have...Read More

A court in the the Middle District of Florida weighed in on the growing improper use of consumer reports (including credit reports)...Read More

A Court in the Middle District of Georgia released an opinion with two important rulings regarding standing under the Fair Credit Reporting...Read More

If you have inaccurate information on your credit report, in most cases, you have to dispute the information through Equifax, Experian, and...Read More

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau settled claims with Sterling Jewelers, Inc.: The Bureau’s and the State’s parallel investigations found that Sterling violated the...Read More

In Sanders v. Global Radar Acquistion, LLC, a Court in the Middle District of Florida denied a defendant’s motion to dismiss a Fair...Read More

A noteworthy Fair Credit Reporting Act opinion came out of the Western District of Washington in late December.  In it, the consumers...Read More

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals recently recently ruled that Fannie Mae was not liable for false information contained in its Desktop Underwriter...Read More