Colorado Attorney General Announces Landmark Settlement in True Lender Litigation Actions
In January 2017, the Attorney General of Colorado filed two lawsuits against Marlette Funding LLC and Avant of Colorado LLC. Among other things, the lawsuits claimed that these two companies, as the online platforms for loans made to Colorado citizens, violated Colorado’s usury caps. In November 2018, the Attorney General amended the complaint to include related entities and various securitization trusts. In June 2020, the court ruled that even if the banks were the “true…