The bureau initiated an investigation against the Law Offices of Crystal Moroney, P.C. in 2017 and now seeks a court order to obtain correspondence with consumers, consumers’ disputes on credit reporting by the firm and other documents.
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More than a year after initiating an investigation against the Law Offices of Crystal Moroney, P.C., the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau filed a petition in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York to order Moroney and her counsel to produce materials in connection with alleged violations of the Consumer Financial Protection Act, the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, and possibly the Fair Credit Reporting act, the New York Law Journal reports.
Following the start of the investigation into debt collection and credit reporting practices by the firm in June 2017, the bureau requested several documents with information on those practices.
“During an initial conference, Moroney’s attorney, Ronald Canter, notified the bureau that the firm had concerns about, among a number of things related to the documents requested, attorney-client privilege and work product privilege,” according to the New York Law Journal. “The bureau, in its filings, notes that it worked with Moroney to address a number of the issues. However, the law firm has remained unwilling to produce a number of items. Its reasoning, according to the CFPB, is based on an ‘interpretation’ of New York and New Jersey professional conduct rules and responsibilities.”
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