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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau v. Vincent Howard et al

  1. March 27, 2019

    Firms, Attys Settle With CFPB Over Illicit Debt Services Fees

    Two attorneys and their three firms will pay $50,000 and vow to stop providing debt-relief products and services to end a Consumer Financial Protection Bureau suit alleging they charged millions in illicit upfront fees, according to a consent judgment filed Wednesday in California federal court.

  2. May 03, 2018

    CFPB Beats Back Law Firms' Bid To Chuck Illegal Fee Fight

    Three law firms and two attorneys can't shake a Consumer Financial Protection Bureau suit claiming they charged millions of dollars in illegal up-front fees for debt relief services, a California federal judge said Thursday, finding many of those fees were collected within the three-year statute of limitations for enforcement actions.

  3. April 13, 2018

    CFPB Fights Quick Win Bid By Law Firms In Illegal Fees Suit

    The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau argued before a California federal judge Friday that its three-year statute of limitations for bringing enforcement actions does not bar all its claims against two attorneys and their law firms for allegedly charging illegal upfront fees for debt-relief services.

  4. October 13, 2017

    No Counterclaims For Law Firms In CFBP Illicit Fees Case

    A California federal judge Friday tossed out claims by a trio of law firms for $25 million in damages from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau for the agency's suit accusing them of illegally collecting advance fees for debt relief work, but said they could file a new claim for free speech violations.

  5. September 22, 2017

    Debt Lawyers Say CFPB Can't Ax $25M Free Speech Suit

    Two lawyers who say their livelihoods were destroyed by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's crackdown on debt-relief firm Morgan Drexen Inc. told a California federal court Thursday that there is no good reason to dismiss their $25 million suit against the regulator.

  6. August 28, 2017

    CFPB Slams Law Firms' Bid To Gut Its Illicit Fees Claims

    The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Monday asked a California federal judge to throw out a request for $25 million in damages by three law firms it had accused of illegally collecting advance fees for debt relief work, saying it's immune from the counterclaims and can't be held financially liable for supposed violations of the First Amendment.

  7. May 31, 2017

    Law Firms Can't Toss CFPB's Debt-Relief-Deception Claims

    Three law firms must face Consumer Financial Protection Bureau claims that they illegally charged clients up-front fees for debt management services, a California federal judge ruled Tuesday, disagreeing with the firms that heightened pleading standards are in effect.

  8. May 24, 2017

    CFPB, Law Firms To Mediate Deceptive Debt-Relief Claims

    A California federal judge on Tuesday ordered the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Howard Law PC and two other firms to mediate a dispute over the firms' alleged running of a debt-relief scheme that extracted millions in "exorbitant" and illegal advance fees from consumers with large debts.

  9. January 30, 2017

    CFPB Sues Law Firms Over 'Exorbitant' Debt Relief Fees

    The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau sued Howard Law PC and two other law firms in California federal court Monday for allegedly running a debt-relief scheme that extracted millions of dollars in "exorbitant" and illegal advance fees from consumers with large debts.

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