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Mortgage relief company to pay $2.4M in settlement 

Published: July 30, 2010
Tags: foreclosure, fraud, FTC, mortgage

A company that deceived consumers with promises it could save their homes from foreclosure will pay $2.4 million to victims as part of a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission. 

FTC asks court to reverse ruling exempting lawyers 

Published: July 26, 2010
Tags: ABA, American Bar Association, Federal Trade Commission, FTC, identity theft, red flags rule

WASHINGTON - The Federal Trade Commission has urged the D.C. Circuit to reverse a district court ruling that held that regulations designed to combat identity theft don’t apply to attorneys.

Couple gets $108 million settlement 

Published: June 8, 2010
Tags: Federal Trade Commission, FTC, Georgia, mortgage dispute

A Cherokee County, Geor. couple who lost their home in a mortgage dispute with Countrywide Home Loans will receive $108 million in a settlement announced Monday.

Identity theft rules fall under radar as deadline approaches 

By Sylvia Hsieh - Published: May 7, 2010
Tags: ABA, American Bar Association, Federal Trade Commission, FTC, identity theft, red flags rule

Many small businesses have delayed implementing the identity theft “red flags” rules despite the approaching June 1 deadline - not because they don’t know about them, but because there have been so many extensions to the deadline that companies have put them on the back burner.

ABA raises concerns over FTC mortgage assistance rule 

Published: April 1, 2010
Tags: ABA, American Bar Association, Federal Trade Commission, FTC, identity theft, mortgage, red flags rule

WASHINGTON - As its battle with the Federal Trade Commission over so-called “red flags” rules continues, the ABA has launched a challenge to another rule proposed by the agency.

FTC to appeal ‘red flags’ ruling 

By Kimberly Atkins - Published: February 28, 2010
Tags: ABA, American Bar Association, Federal Trade Commission, FTC, identity theft, red flags rule

WASHINGTON - The Federal Trade Commission has filed notice that it will appeal a U.S. District Court decision which said that regulations designed to combat identity theft cannot be enforced against attorneys.

FTC, ABA to drop remaining counts in ‘red flags’ suit 

Published: December 23, 2009
Tags: American Bar Association, Federal Trade Commission, FTC, identity theft, red flags rule

WASHINGTON - The Federal Trade Commission and the American Bar Association have agreed to dismiss the remaining counts of the lawsuit the ABA brought to stop the agency from enforcing its “red flags” anti-data theft regulations against lawyers.

ABA wins key ‘red flags’ ruling 

Published: October 29, 2009
Tags: American Bar Association, FTC, identity theft, red flags rule

In a surprise ruling Thursday, a federal district court blocked the Federal Trade Commission from enforcing ‘red flags’ identify fraud regulations against lawyers.

‘Red flags’ rules create continuing confusion 

By Kimberly Atkins - Published: October 25, 2009
Tags: American Bar Association, FTC, identity fraud, red flags rule

WASHINGTON - Lawyers take heed - the new “red flags” identity protection rules enacted last year are set to be enforced starting in November.

Or maybe they won’t. And those rules apply to you. Or maybe they don’t. Confused yet?

You are not alone.

ABA brings motion in ‘red flags’ rule case 

Published: September 23, 2009
Tags: American Bar Association, FTC, identity theft, red flags rule

The American Bar Association filed a motion for summary judgment Wednesday in its case that seeks to prevent the Federal Trade Commission from applying a new anti-identity theft regulation to attorneys.