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February

26
2025
Trends

WebRecon Jan 2025 Stats

A summary of the January 2025 WebRecon stats, including: complaint statistics, litigation summary, and top courts where lawsuits were filed.

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February

26
2025
Compliance

No Parking, No Street Sweeping…No Clarity? Welcome to Debt Collection Regulations

The top sign is straightforward enough:  “Tow Away No Parking Except by Permit. Holidays Exempt.” Got it—no parking unless you have a permit, except on holidays.

But right below it, another sign completely disrupts that clarity. When you read the second sign from left to right, it says:  “No Street Sweeping; Parking Tuesday; Except Holidays; 7 a.m. – 11 a.m.”

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February

25
2025
Compliance

Data Entanglement, AI and Privacy: Why the Law Isn’t Ready

The digital world runs on data. In almost every industry, artificial intelligence (AI) now sits at the center of information processing, fueling everything from predictive analytics to smart automation. AI has matured to the point where it can churn through mountains of data to recognize patterns, draw connections and even make judgment calls that previously required human input. But this leap forward hasn’t come without cost — particularly to privacy.

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February

25
2025
Industry News

National Consumers League and Small Business Owners Move to Intervene in FCC “One-to-One Rule” Case

On February 19, the National Consumers League (NCL) and four small business owners filed a motion to intervene in support of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and the United States in the case of Insurance Marketing Coalition Ltd. v. FCC. This motion seeks to challenge the panel’s January 24, 2025 decision that vacated the FCC’s 2023 Order, known as the One-to-One Rule.

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February

25
2025
Industry News

Massachusetts AG sues Hometap, saying company offers illegal home equity investments that really are reverse mortgages

Alleging that a Boston company “pervasively and systematically violated the state’s consumer protection laws, including mortgage and foreclosure prevention laws, putting financially vulnerable homeowners at high risk of losing their homes,” Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell has filed suit against the firm and its holding company.

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