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The constitutionality of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is being attacked in a case it brought against Ocwen. The CFPB and several attorneys general sued Ocwen in connection with its foreclosure and loan servicing activities. The CFPB claims that Ocwen failed to comply with terms...

Colorado Attorney General fails to prove that Debt Collection Law Firm overcharged Earlier this month, the Denver District Court ruled that the Castle Law Group, a large foreclosure law firm, did not engage in overcharging and imposing deceptive costs for foreclosure services.The case was brought by the Colorado...

Wyoming goes after transient pavers It looks like the Wyoming Attorney General's Office has been busy with transient pavers. Transient pavers are small asphalt paving operations that travel from county to county during the warmer months seeking small paving jobs. They usually are seen working on private driveways,...

Wyoming removes the cloak of anonymity for shell companies. As I have wrote about in the past, Wyoming provides opportunities for great secrecy when owning companies. Someone can setup a Wyoming business entity through a registered agent and hide the true owner of the...

It is that time of year again where the various state and federal consumer protection agencies review their 2016 statistics and report on consumer complaints and trends. The Colorado Attorney General reports the following top ten consumer complaints for 2016: 1. Debt Collection Companies  

Two Colorado companies with controversial products have been sued by the Iowa Attorney General's Office for consumer fraud. According to the complaint, it seems that the Colorado companies, Osmosis, LLC and Harmonized Water, LLC, process and market water to help with a number of conditions, including...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's Report The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) recently released a report identifying problems with the big three consumer reporting companies (Equifax, Experian and TransUnion). The CFPB found several systemic problems at the companies and it has implemented reforms at all three....

HB 22 Advances without opposition in the Wyoming legislature I have been following a bill in Wyoming, there is a bill pending before the Wyoming legislature that would remove some of the loopholes that allow great anonymity for Wyoming company owners. The bill is...

When a company claims that its products are "Made in the USA," the products should really be made in the USA. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently drove home this point in a case against a water filtration system distributor in Georgia. The FTC entered a settlement...

Last month I wrote about a case brought by the Colorado Attorney General against a Timeshare Sale Operation. I have more information about the case now. It seems that several of the defendants in the case settled with the Attorney General. The settling defendants agreed to pay a total...