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SERVICE HELPS INDIVIDUALS FILE FOR BANKRUPTCY WITHOUT LAWYER
- A Harvard University student has created a TurboTax equivalent that helps individuals file for bankruptcy without needing to hire a lawyer. The service is called UpSolve, and it turns the answers to a questionnaire into the court documents that individuals need to file when seeking bankruptcy protection.
CFPB FIRES BACK AT EDUCATION DEPT.
- The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is firing back at Betsy DeVos, the Secretary of Education and her department, accusing it of not understanding the role and responsibilities of the agency. A good, ole-fashioned turf war over student loans appears to be brewing. The CFPB is seeking a “constructive conversation” with the Education Department after the CFPB was accused of over-enforcement of student loan servicers.
MAKING TOO MANY CALLS HELPS GET TCPA FINE LOWERED
- Apparently, making too many automated calls can help your defense when being sued. A marketing company that placed more than three million robocalls to promote a movie is being filed $32 million — about $10 per call — for violating the Telephone Consumer Protection Act. The TCPA statute says each violation is subject to a $500 fine, which would have amounted to a $1.6 billion penalty, which the judge deemed too excessive.
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