Companies that service or collect commercial debt are reminded that new practice requirements are taking effect in California starting July 1, 2025. As Mayer Brown reported when California Senate Bill ...

OAKLAND — In 2020, California led the nation in outlawing transcript-withholding, a debt collection practice that sometimes kept low-income college students from getting jobs or advanced degrees. Five ...

California led the nation in 2020, outlawing a debt collection practice that sometimes kept low-income college students from getting jobs or advanced degrees. But five years later, 24 of the state’s ...

Get to know the research on debt collection lawsuits, racial disparities in judgments, and a big slice of consumer debt: ...

Consumers across the country are being bombarded with intimidating and sometimes aggressive debt collection calls, and federal data shows complaints about debt collection more than doubled from 2024 ...

DAVENPORT, Fla. – Debt collection calls are reaching new highs across the U.S. in 2025, with a significant number of those calls flagged as abusive or threatening. “We’re going to arrest you. We’re ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. A California law bans colleges from withholding transcripts over debt. A recent study, however, found that 24 of ...