On January 16, 2025, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that it had reached a settlement with a credit card provider resolving allegations that the provider violated the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act (FIRREA) through allegedly deceptive marketing of its credit card and wire transfer products, and by allegedly…
On October 21, 2024, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison announced that his office reached a settlement with two debt settlement companies to resolve allegations that the companies misrepresented their services and collected fees in exchange for promises of settling consumers’ debts before actually performing the promised services, in violation of state law Minn. Stat. §…