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S2632 Creates Changes in Confessions of Judgment Rules Related to Financial Services

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Confessions of judgment may no longer be permitted as part of the necessary documents when buying or selling financial services or products to consumers in New York. Senate bill S2632 is another overt action taken by New York state to limit the entry of judgments without due process to the borrower or debtor.

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Troutman Pepper Weekly Consumer Financial Services COVID-19 Newsletter

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State Activities: On December 31, 2021, New York Governor Kathleen Hochul signed a bill into law that will lower the interest rate charged on unpaid money judgments to 2%. The law, effective April 30, applies to new judgment and retroactively to any judgment not fully satisfied when the law goes into effect.

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Troutman Pepper Weekly Consumer Financial Services Newsletter

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On July 27, the Financial Innovation and Technology for the 21st Century Act passed the House Committee on Agriculture. The bill previously passed the House Committee on Financial Services on July 26. On July 26, the CFPB published a blog focused on consumer credit scores. For more information, click here.

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Troutman Pepper Weekly Consumer Financial Services Newsletter

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On October 10, the North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA) — an alliance of securities regulators across the states, Canada, and Mexico — supported the SEC’s claims that assets and services offered by crypto exchange Coinbase are investment contracts. For more information, click here. For more information, click here.

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Troutman Pepper Weekly Consumer Financial Services COVID-19 Newsletter

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On October 25, the administrator of Colorado’s Uniform Consumer Credit Code issued an order extending the requirements of sections (4) and (5) of SB-211 and restricting the use of extraordinary collection activities to collect debt or satisfy judgments in Colorado until February 1, 2021. For more information, click here.

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Troutman Pepper Weekly Consumer Financial Services Newsletter

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If enacted, the bill would, among other things, prohibit medical debts from being reported on consumerscredit reports. The bill would even prohibit credit reporting agencies from accepting information about consumers’ medical debts.

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In the Ninth Circuit Precision is Required in an Offer of Judgment

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District Court in the Southern District of California recently held that a Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 68 offer of judgment must clearly state that attorneys’ fees and costs are limited or waived, as Arvest Central Mortgage Company (Arvest) learned to its detriment. in damages from the offer of judgment.