CFPB settles lawsuit filed against debt collectors and debt buyers for alleged violations of CFPA, FDCPA, and 2015 consent order

The CFPB announced last week that it has entered into a settlement of the lawsuit it filed in September 2020 against Encore Capital Group, Inc., Midland Funding, LLC, Midland Credit Management, Inc., and Asset Acceptance Capital Corp. alleging that the defendants engaged in various unlawful practices in violation of the FDCPA, the CFPA, and a 2015 administrative consent order between the defendants and the CFPB. The stipulated final judgment and order will require the defendants to pay...
By: Ballard Spahr LLP

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