The United States District Court for the District of New Jersey recently dismissed a putative Fair Debt Collection Practices Act class action against defendant debt collector, Retrieval-Masters Creditors Bureau, Inc. (“RMCB”), over allegedly violative letters dealing with unpaid E-ZPass tolls. A copy of the opinion can be found here.
As background, plaintiff Thomas E.
Troutman Sanders LLP announced today that Amy Pritchard Williams has joined the firm’s Financial Services Litigation practice in the Charlotte office. She previously practiced at K&L Gates LLP.
Williams’ practice focuses on financial services litigation and bankruptcy. She represents financial institutions in connection with False Claims Act actions, internal investigations and government investigations. She also
On March 29, 2017, a judge in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia dismissed a Fair Credit Reporting Act claim against Equifax Information Services, LLC alleging that Equifax provided the plaintiff’s consumer report to a third party without an FCRA permissible purpose. Dilday v. DIRECTV, LLC et al., No.
The Ninth Circuit recently reversed a lower court’s dismissal of a Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) putative class action against Adir International, LLC (“Adir”), holding that Plaintiff Ned Flores (“Flores”) sufficiently alleged that Adir used an automatic telephone dialing system (“ATDS”) to send text messages to Flores.
According to the First Amended Complaint, Adir is
On March 23, the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida granted preliminary approval of a nearly $31 million Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act (“FACTA”) class action settlement against Doctor’s Associates, Inc., doing business as Subway – the largest settlement to date in the history of FACTA.
According to the c
We are pleased to announce that Troutman Sanders partners Keith Barnett, Ashley Taylor and David Anthony will be featured speakers at the 2017 Third Party Payment Processors Association (“TPPPA”) Annual Conference taking place May 17-19 at The Westin Washington, DC City Center. Keith and Ashley will participate in a panel to address the current legal