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District of Columbia enacts emergency debt collection law in response to COVID-19 pandemic; Massachusetts AG issues guidance on emergency debt collection regulation

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On April 7, the District of Columbia passed the COVID-19 Response Supplemental Emergency and Temporary Amendment Act of 2020 which goes into effect immediately and lasts until 60 days after the emergency ends.

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DC Bar: Lawyers Allowed To Take Digital Currency As Payment

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lawyers will be allowed to accept cryptocurrency as payment, according to an opinion by the District of Columbia Bar. The ethics decision came down because of the increasing prominence of digital currency, with the District of Columbia Bar finding it “cannot hold back the tides of change.” Washington D.C.

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Senate Approves Five Week Extension For Paycheck Protection Program 

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Only Maryland, Rhode Island and the District of Columbia have seen fewer new cases. The vote follows a PYMNTS survey that revealed a majority of SMB owners surveyed, more than 58 percent, said early on in the pandemic they weren’t sure their businesses would survive.

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CFPB Agrees to Pay $6M to Settle Discrimination Claims by Black and Hispanic Employees

CFPB Monitor

District Court for the District of Columbia has approved the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s $6.0 After nearly a decade of litigation, Judge Beryl A. Howell of the U.S. million settlement of class claims of alleged discrimination by the CFPB against 85 Black and Hispanic employees.

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Chase, Air Canada, Mastercard Team Up For US Aeroplan Credit Card

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with more than 4,900 branches in 38 states and the District of Columbia. Chase serves nearly half of the households in the U.S., and is the U.S. consumer and commercial banking business of J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.,

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DoorDash Ordered To Cut DashPass Commissions By DC Attorney General

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The attorney general of the District of Columbia, Karl Racine, has written a letter ordering DoorDash Inc. million settlement with the district’s attorney general for purportedly misrepresenting that diner tips would go to drivers. News of the reported letter comes on the heels of DoorDash reaching a $2.5

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CORO Global Brings Gold Payment App To Alabama

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CORO’s sales pitch leans heavily on the idea of gold as a safeguard against uncertain times, with recent press releases highlighting Alabama’s rising unemployment rate, wildfires in the state of Washington and an $800 million budget gap in the District of Columbia.

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