October 22, 2018
An Ohio federal judge on Monday refused to force the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to pay about $1.2 million in attorneys' fees to a law firm despite the agency's loss at trial in a debt collection lawsuit, finding the litigation had not been brought in bad faith.
August 24, 2018
A law firm that recently beat a Consumer Financial Protection Bureau lawsuit accusing it of illegal debt collection practices wants the agency to pay for its attorneys' fees, asking an Ohio federal judge Friday for more than $1.2 million because the agency "brought and prosecuted this case in bad faith."
July 25, 2018
An Ohio federal judge ruled Wednesday that a law firm had not misled consumers by sending demand letters from its debt collections practice that used the firm's letterhead, saying that attorneys were meaningfully involved in the debt collection process and that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau had not shown the letters confused consumers.
April 09, 2018
An Ohio federal judge rejected requests by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and a law firm fighting the regulator over its debt-collections work to rule one way or the other before trial, saying on Monday that the case was timely and a jury would need to decide on its central claims of deception.
December 07, 2017
Ohio law firm Weltman Weinberg & Reis Co. LPA on Wednesday asked a federal judge in Ohio to slap the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau with sanctions for allegedly attempting to delay allowing the firm to speak with former Director Richard Cordray before he left the bureau.
October 02, 2017
A federal judge in Cleveland has allowed the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to continue its case against an Ohio debt collection law firm that the bureau says misled consumers.
April 17, 2017
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has accused a debt collection law firm of misleading consumers into believing attorneys had reviewed their debts, when in reality no such review had occurred, according to a suit filed in Ohio federal court Monday.