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Massachusetts Regulators To Crack Down On Robinhood

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Robinhood has come under the watchful eye of regulators — this time in Massachusetts. State regulators are set to file a complaint on Wednesday (Dec. 16) saying that the stock-trading platform failed to protect its customers and their assets, violating state laws and regulations.

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Massachusetts Reopens Its Dining Rooms

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Restaurant dining rooms in Massachusetts reopened on Monday (June 22), after being shuttered for three months. We are making the progress we’re making because of the actions that people here in Massachusetts are taking every day,” Baker said at his daily press conference on Friday (June 19). “We

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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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In contrast, the Massachusetts emergency regulation only restricts telephone calls to consumers. In addition, the law prohibits both creditors and debt collectors from initiating legal proceedings, repossessions, or visiting a consumer’s home regarding debts that are secured by a vehicle. In both D.C.

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Trade group files lawsuit challenging Massachusetts emergency debt collection regulation

CFPB Monitor

The emergency regulation, entitled “Unfair and Deceptive Debt Collection Practices During the State of Emergency Caused by COVID-19” (940 CMR 35:00), applies to creditors and debt collectors. It violates the separation of powers clause in the Massachusetts Constitution by impermissibly interfering with judicial functions. Constitution.

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Massachusetts Attorney General Moves to Dismiss Lawsuit Challenging Its Emergency Debt Collection Regulations

CFPB Monitor

On October 23, 2020, Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey filed a motion to dismiss in ACA International v. The lawsuit challenges the state’s emergency regulations that placed a ban on outbound collection calls. Massachusetts is still in the State of Emergency Period, but the 90-day period lapsed on June 24, 2020.

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Massachusetts AG emergency regulation prohibits certain collection activity by both creditors and debt collectors

CFPB Monitor

On March 27, 2020, the Massachusetts Attorney General filed an emergency regulation interpreting the Massachusetts Consumer Protection Act, M.G.L. Chapter 93A, to address certain practices by creditors and debt collectors that it has determined to be unfair and deceptive under present circumstances.

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Federal court grants TRO in trade group lawsuit challenging Massachusetts emergency debt collection regulation

CFPB Monitor

A Massachusetts federal district court has entered a temporary restraining order that blocks the state’s attorney general from enforcing the prohibitions on initiating lawsuits and making collection calls in the AG’s emergency debt collection regulation promulgated on March 26. Section 35.03 Section 35.04 Constitution.