Judge James Teilborg of the U.S. District Court Judge for the District of Arizona awarded Thomas McDermott over $17,000 in damages and attorney’s fees after he obtained a default judgment against collection agency, Perfection Collection LLC (Perfection Collection), for violating the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) by furnishing inaccurate information when it reported a delinquent
Judge James Teilborg of the U.S. District Court Judge for the District of Arizona awarded Thomas McDermott over $17,000 in damages and attorney’s fees after he obtained a default judgment against collection agency, Perfection Collection LLC (Perfection Collection), for violating the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) by furnishing inaccurate information when it reported a delinquent
Date: May 10 – 13, 2021
We are pleased to announce that Troutman Pepper attorneys, David Anthony, Angelo Stio III, and Troy Jenkins, will present the panel, “Racial Equity and Fair Lending Standards: What You Need to Know” on May 11 at the virtual OLA’s 2021 Compliance University. The panel will answer the
A federal court in Michigan recently ruled that out-of-state residents have standing to sue under the Michigan Personal Privacy Protection Act (PPPA). In Lin v. Crain Communications, Inc., Case No. 2:19-cv-11889 (E.D. Mich., June 25, 2019), Gary Lin, a Virginia resident, filed a putative class-action lawsuit against Crain Communications, Inc. (Crain), a Michigan-based publishing
We are pleased to announce that Troutman Pepper attorneys’ David Anthony, Julie Hoffmeister, and Edgar Vargas will present during the 16th Annual Credit and Collection News Conference. The conference will be held virtually from April 28 – 29, 2021. David, Julie, and Edgar’s presentation is entitled “Operationalizing the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act: Leveraging
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and SettleIt, Inc., an online debt-settlement company, have agreed to settle “abusiveness” claims for $1.4 million.
In an April 13 complaint filed in a California federal court, the CFPB detailed SettleIt’s business practices and alleged SettleIt concealed information from its customers. SettleIt negotiates with creditors to reduce and settle
In Hearn v. Comcast Cable Communications, LLC, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a district court holding denying the defendant’s motion to compel arbitration regarding the plaintiff’s Fair Credit Reporting Act claim and remanded the matter for further proceedings.
In that case, the plaintiff obtained services from the defendant in 2016, and signed
The Second Circuit Court of Appeals recently upheld a ruling that reporting a judgment as “satisfied” was accurate under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) when the underlying lawsuit was dismissed by stipulation as “settled” without the prior judgment being vacated. The Second Circuit further held that entities alleged to have willfully violated the FCRA
Join us on Tuesday, April 27 as a panel of Troutman Pepper class action litigators examine recent developments in class action litigation in 2021 and provide insights on what the future holds. The panel will dive into the major decisions that were rendered this past year and explore ways for class action practitioners and in-house
David Anthony, a partner in Troutman Pepper’s Consumer Financial Services Practice Group, was recently elected a Fellow in the American College of Consumer Financial Services Lawyers. The College is a professional association of lawyers who have made significant contributions to the field of consumer financial services law, exhibit great skill and expertise in