We have posted several new topics to the Consumer Financial Services Law Monitor blog throughout the month of July. To read further, click on the titles below:

FEATURED POSTS/CLIENT ALERTS

Securities Industry Arbitrations and Litigation Update: FINRA Arbitration Statistics Through May 31 Evidence Continuing Decline of Promissory Note Arbitrations — but Will the Trend Last?

CFPB Issues Bulletin on Rental Screening and Issues of Concern

Troutman Pepper Weekly Consumer Financial Services COVID-19 Newsletter – July 26, 2021

Troutman Pepper Weekly Consumer Financial Services COVID-19 Newsletter – July 19, 2021

Troutman Pepper Weekly Consumer Financial Services COVID-19 Newsletter – July 12, 2021

Troutman Pepper Weekly Consumer Financial Services COVID-19 Newsletter – July 7, 2021

CREDIT REPORTING AND DATA BROKERS

Court Grants Summary Judgment in Favor of Defendant Debt Collector in a FDCPA Case Concerning a Disputed Debt

CYBERSECURITY, INFORMATION GOVERNANCE, AND PRIVACY

Supreme Court Narrows Computer Fraud and Abuse Act: So Gates Up!

Lawmakers Aim to Limit Ransomware Response Options

DEBT BUYERS AND COLLECTORS

Eighth Circuit Holds Boilerplate Disclosures Alone Insufficient to Implicate FDCPA Protections

Avila Safe Harbor Language: New York District Court Grants Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings for Defendant in FDCPA Case

New York District Court Dismisses Six FDCPA Cases Invoking “Mailing Vendor” Theory Emanating from the Eleventh Circuit Hunstein Decision

MORTGAGE LENDERS AND SERVICERS

CFPB Issues the 2021 Mortgage Servicing COVID-19 Rule

Florida Supreme Court Quashes Third District Holding: Note Supersedes Mortgage if Conflict Arises

PAYMENT PROCESSING AND CREDIT CARDS

CFPB Updates Electronic Fund Transfers FAQs

STATE ATTORNEYS GENERAL, CFPB, AND FTC

Republican FTC Commissioner Agrees to Privacy Rulemaking

FTC Green Lights Investigations of Key Enforcement Targets

CFPB Issues Interpretive Rule Outlining Authority to Conduct MLA Examinations

STUDENT LENDING

Second Circuit Rules Private Student Loans May Be Discharged in Bankruptcy

TCPA

Florida’s New TCPA Law Effective July 1

EVENTS

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