Massachusetts AG Andrea Campbell settled with Franklin Credit Management Corporation (Franklin Credit), to resolve allegations that the mortgage servicer violated the commonwealth’s foreclosure-prevention law and debt collection regulations. According to the settlement, Franklin Credit, in servicing “zombie” second-lien mortgages—mortgages which became unsecured debt subject to collection following foreclosure of a first-lien mortgage—allegedly failed to timely communicate…

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A group of 20 Democratic AGs, led by Massachusetts AG Andrea Campbell, has filed an amicus brief before the U.S. Supreme Court in Food and Drug Administration v. Wages and White Lion Investments, LLC., dba Triton Distribution, et al., No. 23-1038, urging the Court to reverse a Fifth Circuit opinion that set aside the FDA’s…

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A coalition of 19 Democratic AGs is calling on the U.S. Department of Education (ED) to move quickly to implement its proposed regulations that would waive or reduce student loan repayment for certain groups of federal student loan borrowers. ED’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) issued in April 2024 proposes to give ED the discretion…

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Massachusetts AG Andrew Joy Campbell, Pennsylvania AG Michelle Henry, Iowa AG Brenna Bird, and the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) announced that DOE approved $6.1 billion in automatic student loan relief for nearly 317,000 students of for-profit Art Institutes schools, which allegedly made substantial misrepresentations to students. DOE’s approval was based on a review of…

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Massachusetts AG Andrea Campbell issued an Advisory on the Application of the Commonwealth’s Consumer Protection, Civil Rights, and Data Privacy Laws to Artificial Intelligence.

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