Consumer Trends, Litigation, and the Current Pandemic Environment Only several months ago vaccines became available for much of the United States population and, as a result (seemingly), consumer credit and spending confidence spiked in the U.S. to a record high in June 2021. That is, June saw the highest growth in consumer credit in U.S. […]
Information security is a growing concern across industries. The prevalence of data grants greater access to information – but also poses additional security risks,data braches and including hacking, and identity theft.Finding ways to ensure the security and privacy of information is essential – particularly in the legal services industry, due to the large volume of sensitive client […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 07/30/2021 ABC Legal and Docketly Pass Rigorous Security Assessment Designed by the National Creditors Bar Association Seattle, WA: On July 28, 2021, ABC Legal Services, a nationwide leader in service of process, and Docketly, a top appearance counsel provider, received the National Creditor’s Bar Association (NCBA) Subcontractor Oversight Assessment Certification. ABC Legal and Docketly are […]
Proposed Data Protection Act of 2021 Recently, a measure was re-introduced in the United States Senate by Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D—NY) which, if enacted, would create an agency akin to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) for the purpose of “regulatory oversight of data.” The renewed legislation is entitled the Data Protection Act of 2021, […]
COVID-19 has affected many Americans’ credit scores. Indeed, per one consumer group, there are record numbers of complaints about credit reporting errors since the pandemic struck in 2020 compared to the past several years. It seems the pandemic is to blame. Unfortunately, credit scores across the nation continue to fall. The law in […]
With the new year comes new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) Task Force recommendations regarding modernizing the consumer financial market. The CFPB Task Force wasted no time in publishing a two-volume, 800-page report on January 5, 2021. The report contains roughly 100 recommendations on ways Congress, the CFPB, State and Federal regulators can modernize and improve […]
Docketly recently partnered with Innovate Longmont to help its new retail space chill out. Bricks Retail provides flexible shared retail space to local vendors looking to sell their products in a downtown retail location, and with everything from butter to ‘booch (Kombucha), they desperately needed a new refrigerator to keep everything cool. Docketly to the […]
New presidential administrations always bring changes to federal regulatory body priorities – not to mention a whole raft of uncertainties for those of us in affected industries. Although it is still too early to definitively say what changes the incoming Biden administration will make, a brief look at the past can provide us with an […]
As the seemingly never-ending, not-soon-to-be-forgotten year of 2020 finally nears its ugly end, many are wondering what the newly elected Biden Administration means in relation to the world of debt collection law. There have been many exciting developments and discussions in the past several months, but here we will discuss what the Biden Administration could […]
2020 has been a roller-coaster year, to say the least. However, it’s not over yet, and there have been several significant developments in the world of legal collections worth noting and briefly discussing. In this segment, we will briefly discuss “Part One” of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (the “CFPB”) Final Collections Rule. On […]
