Legal professionals for the ARM industry, like Leslie Bender and Joann Needleman of Clark Hill Law, have been addressing Regulation F implementation challenges since the rule was proposed. Since then, they have continued to be a guiding voice for debt collectors throughout the debt collection rulemaking process. Recently, they sat down with PDCflow’s Sales & Marketing Manager Dawn Updike to …

The implementation date for the CFPB’s Regulation F was November 30, 2021. By now, debt collection agencies should be fully compliant with this long-awaited rule. Despite this, many agencies are still struggling to modernize out of fear of being non-compliant. To help agencies prepare for these compliance challenges, PDCflow and financial services attorneys Joann Needleman and Leslie Bender, presented a …

The recent Hunstein decision has been a big talking point for debt collection since the ruling was made. Agencies are scrambling to understand the implications of this case, which found transmitting data from a debt collector to a letter vendor is a violation of third party disclosure, even as new suits are being filed. To get a handle on this …

This article was written by Joann Needleman, Ann E. Lemmo, and Leslie C. Bender. It was originally published by Clark Hill Law and is republished here with permission. On Dec. 18, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB” or “Bureau”) completed its seven-year rulemaking process for debt collection. In 2013, the CFPB embarked on an ambitious journey to write regulations to interpret the 40-year-old Fair Debt …

This article was written by Joann Needleman, Leslie C. Bender and Ann E. Lemmo. It was originally published by Clark Hill Law and is republished here with permission. The long-awaited Final Rule (Regulation F) for the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) was issued Friday afternoon, concluding a seven-year rulemaking process. In its official press release, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB or Bureau) Director, …

Adapting live conferences to a digital format has created many challenges for events coordinators this year. However, trade organizations – like the California Association of Collectors (CAC) – remain dedicated to providing resources and networking opportunities for members, just as in years past. During one session, Amanda Griffith, partner with Berman, Berman, Berman, Schneider & Lowary, LLP, discussed debt collection …

What will the Seila decision mean for the ARM industry and the pending debt collection rule? The only concrete takeaway from last month’s Supreme Court decision in the case of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) v. Seila was that the CFPB remains a federal independent agency whose director will now answer to the President. What is still …