A federal district court in California has scheduled a settlement conference between the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and Freedom Debt Relief, some four months after the bureau filed a complaint over allegations of deceitful practices in the company’s debt-settlement business.
In a March 5 order, Magistrate Judge Elizabeth D. Laporte referred the case to Magistrate Judge Nathanael M. Cousins.
Read on for details leading up to the settlement conference scheduling, and when the sides are set to meet again.
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