After the Supreme Court vacated and remanded the Ninth Circuit’s decision in Spokeo, Inc. v. Robins, the parties again appeared before the lower court, arguing over whether a purely technical violation of the Fair Credit Reporting Act is sufficient to satisfy the concreteness requirement for Article III standing.
As we previously reported, on
On July 7, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York granted a debt collector’s motion to dismiss a plaintiff’s claims brought on a class basis under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (“FDCPA”).
The case arose out of a debt collection letter that
Defendants World Law Debt Services, LLC, World Law Processing, LLC, and Family Capital Investment & Management LLC, face a potentially hefty penalty after failing to respond to a complaint filed by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau relating to alleged illegal debt relief services.
According to a complaint filed in the Southern District of Florida in
On July 5, the Federal Communications Commission released a declaratory ruling that held that the Telephone Consumer Protection Act does not apply to calls made by or on behalf of the federal government in the conduct of official government business.
The TCPA makes it unlawful for any “person” to place certain calls to wireless telephone
On July 1, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California granted plaintiffs’ motion for preliminary approval of a $4.5 million class action settlement in a Telephone Consumer Protection Act case.
According to the complaint in Sanders v. RBS Citizens, N.A. filed in 2013, the plaintiffs alleged that they received
On June 20, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York granted a creditor’s motion for summary judgment in an action brought pursuant to the Telephone Consumer Protection Act and the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act.
In Reyes, Jr. v. Lincoln Automotive Financial Services, the plaintiff leased a new
In a new class action complaint filed in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, a Nevada man says that Fannie Mae illegally inquired into his consumer credit information.
According to the complaint in Bailey v. Federal National Mortgage Association (“Fannie Mae”), Plaintiff had a home mortgage that was transferred to Fannie Mae. Plaintiff
In Bock v. Pressler & Pressler, LLP, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit requested supplemental briefs applying Spokeo, Inc. v. Robins to the Article III standing issue at bar. As we previously reported, the Court requested targeted discussion on whether a violation of the statutory right at issue was by
In Bishop v. Ross Earle & Bonan, P.A., the defendant debt collectors sent a debt collection letter to the plaintiff’s attorney. The letter failed to inform the plaintiff that she must dispute the debt “in writing,” as required by § 1692g of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (“FDCPA”). The plaintiff filed suit against
Before the Third Circuit addresses whether a four-second review of a debt collection complaint constitutes “meaningful attorney involvement” under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA), the appellate court will first decide the potential implications of the Supreme Court’s recent decision in Spokeo, Inc. v. Robins.
As we previously reported, Pressler & Pressler