July 14, 2025
A Texas federal court has reversed a Biden-era rule that kept an estimated $49 billion in medical debt from credit reports after the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and lender trade groups struck a deal to axe the rule.
May 01, 2025
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has agreed to a proposed consent judgment that would vacate a Biden-era rule banning an estimated $49 billion in medical debt from credit reports, striking a deal with lender trade groups that sued in Texas federal court to block the rule.
February 07, 2025
A Texas federal judge has issued a 90-day halt on an approaching effective day for a Consumer Financial Protection Bureau rule banning medical debt from credit reports, a day after the agency's new leadership said it needed time to consider the rule trade groups have sued to end.
January 13, 2025
Trade groups suing the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau over its new rule banning medical debt from credit reports have asked a Texas federal judge to put a court-ordered hold on the measure while they proceed with their challenge to its legality.
January 08, 2025
A top trade group for the credit reporting industry has moved to challenge the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's new rule that would take billions of dollars in medical debt off credit reports, accusing the agency of overreach in a lawsuit filed in Texas federal court.