The Federal Trade Commission proposed a rule requiring consumer reporting agencies to provide free credit monitoring service to active duty military members that would electronically notify these consumers of “material” changes to their file within 24 hours. The deadline to submit comments on the proposed rule is January 7, 2019.
The proposed rule implements the
The states of most complaint, you ask? – California, Florida, Texas, New York, and Georgia.
In October, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau released its Complaint Snapshot, which supplements the Consumer Response Annual Report and provides an overview of trends in consumer complaints received by the Bureau.
The Snapshot revealed that the CFPB has received 1.5
On October 23, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington denied a defendant debt collector’s motion to dismiss a class action claim brought under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act based on the debt collector’s alleged failure to report a debt as disputed in violation of FDCPA § 1692e(8). The Court in
In Cooper v. Retrieval-Masters Creditors Bureau, Inc., 16 C2827, —F. Supp. 3d—, 2018 WL 2299203 (N.D. Ill. May 21, 2018), appeal filed (7th Cir. June 20, 2018), available here, plaintiff Jack Wesley Cooper alleged violations of the Fair Debt Collection Protection Act (“FDCPA”), seeking statutory and actual damages and attorneys’ fees.
At a
On October 23, the Federal Trade Commission and the New York Attorney General sued multiple New York debt collection companies for using false and deceptive tactics to collect on debts. On October 26, the United States District Court for the Western District of New York granted a temporary restraining order (“TRO”) prohibiting the defendants from
Arbitration clauses are ubiquitous in consumer and employment contracts. Frustrated with that widespread use, on October 30, United States House of Representatives members Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) and Bobby Scott (D-Va.) introduced the “Restoring Justice for Workers Act.” The proposed legislation would outlaw use of class action waiver provisions in employment
On October 26, the Eastern District of Wisconsin issued a ruling dismissing a Fair Credit Reporting Act case. In Garland v. Marine Credit Union, the Court granted summary judgment in favor of the debt collector, holding the dispute was a legal issue such that the consumer could not establish a factual inaccuracy in the
The Court in Patterson v. Peterson Enterprises, Inc., No. 2:18-cv-161-RMP (E.D. Wash. Oct. 23, 2018) recently denied a motion to dismiss seeking dismissal of a Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (“FDCPA”) claim due to the consumer plaintiff’s assertions that counterclaims in a previous collections lawsuit indicated that a debt was being disputed. The Court
On October 29, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals issued a long-awaited ruling in a Fair Debt Collection Practices Act case involving the disclosure of the amount due in a collection letter. In Derosa v. CAC Financial, the Court affirmed summary judgment in favor of the debt collector and held that, if a debt
On October 15, the Colorado Supreme Court affirmed that state’s Court of Appeals’ decision upholding a trial court’s granting dismissal of a plaintiff’s Colorado Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (“CFDCPA”) action. The central issue in the case was whether a default judgment obtained against a tortfeasor by a law firm on behalf of its