The American Bar Association has been battling for more than a year to exempt lawyers from new regulations designed to fight identity theft. Now, Congress has decided to step in.
With no fanfare and no recorded vote late Tuesday, the Senate approved legislation that could accomplish what the ABA was hoping to achieve. The bill would narrow the definition of “creditor” under the Fair and Accurate Credit Transition Act of 2003, likely ensuring that lawyers would not meet the new definition.
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