While federal and state regulators have long focused on debt collection practices, new CFPB leadership, increased state regulatory powers, the COVID-19 pandemic and other factors will not only make it harder for third-party debt collectors but likewise will expand the supervisory and enforcement focus to companies collecting on their own consumer debts. In this webinar, Manatt professionals will discuss recent developments in this area and what is coming over the next year.
Topics will include:
Possible use of UDAAP claims to regulate first-party debt collection and other activities through enforcement
California’s new debt collector registration requirements, including the related ongoing rulemaking