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District of Columbia enacts emergency debt collection law in response to COVID-19 pandemic; Massachusetts AG issues guidance on emergency debt collection regulation

CFPB Monitor

On April 7, the District of Columbia passed the COVID-19 Response Supplemental Emergency and Temporary Amendment Act of 2020 which goes into effect immediately and lasts until 60 days after the emergency ends. In contrast, the Massachusetts emergency regulation only restricts telephone calls to consumers.

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Rate Exportation Opt-Out and “Anti-Evasion” Bill Introduced in Washington D.C.

CFPB Monitor

District of Columbia Council Bill B 25-0609 , which would opt out of Section 27 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (“FDIA”) with respect to loans made in the District of Columbia, was introduced in the District of Columbia Council on November 30, 2023, and referred to the Council’s Committee on Business and Economic Development on December 5, 2023. (..)

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Texas judge moves CFPB's $8 credit card late fee case to DC

American Banker

Pittman sided with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in ordering the case be moved from Texas to the District of Columbia due to "forum shopping." Judge Mark T.

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Zuckerberg To Visit DC To Discuss Internet Regulations

PYMNTS

Zuckerberg is scheduled “to meet with policymakers and talk about future internet regulation” on Thursday (Sept. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is set to testify on Capitol Hill once again. A spokesperson for Sen. Maria Cantwell of Washington confirmed she met with Zuckerberg on Wednesday evening, according to CNBC.

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D.C. Department of Insurance, Securities and Banking issues bulletin on money transmission

CFPB Monitor

On August 8, 2022, the District of Columbia Department of Insurance, Securities and Banking (the Department”) issued a Bulletin on money transmission (the “Bulletin”). District Court for the District of Columbia in United States v. Larry Dean Harmon , 474 F.Supp.3d 3d 76 (D.D.C. Code §26-1001 et seq.,

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Congress Supports Facial Recognition Regulation

PYMNTS

It is fundamentally American to protest, and frankly un-American to chill that kind of protest,” University of the District of Columbia Law Professor Andrew Ferguson said at the Committee meeting.

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DoorDash Ordered To Cut DashPass Commissions By DC Attorney General

PYMNTS

The attorney general of the District of Columbia, Karl Racine, has written a letter ordering DoorDash Inc. million settlement with the district’s attorney general for purportedly misrepresenting that diner tips would go to drivers. News of the reported letter comes on the heels of DoorDash reaching a $2.5

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