Consumer Law & Policy Blog

Washington Supreme Court holds that it violates the state constitution to exclude certain workers from overtime pay

On the potential importance of state constitutional law: The Supreme Court of Washington has just held that the statutory exclusion of dairy workers from state overtime protections violates the state constitution. Read Martinez-Cuevas v. Deruyter Brothers Dairy. HT to Charlotte Garden.

Industry's first reactions to the CFPB FDCPA rules: "More treat than trick"

On Saturday, we posted links to consumer advocates' reactions to the CFPB's new debt collection rules. Want to know how the industry sees the regulations, at least at first? Go here, to AccountsRecovery.net. Here's a hint: "there appeared to be no provisions or restrictions in the rule that should cause collection agencies to lose a lot of sleep, if any."