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
Earlier this month, the Mayor of Philadelphia signed legislation regulating the use of credit checks in employment decisions. By enacting this legislation, Philadelphia joins a growing cast of cities and states throughout the country prohibiting employment credit checks in certain instances. When coupled with recent federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission enforcement actions against employers based
On June 24, 2016, Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge announced a settlement agreement with payday lender, Western Sky Financial LLC, and loan servicer, CashCall Inc., to resolve allegations that the companies conspired to offer illegal online loans to Arkansas consumers while claiming to be shielded by tribal sovereign immunity.
According to the Arkansas Attorney General,
A new putative class action against Petco Animal Supplies Inc. was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California. The complaint challenges Petco’s form of disclosure for employment background checks.
“By embedding its purported disclosure in an employment application and including extraneous information within and around the disclosure, defendant disregarded
On June 1, Connecticut Governor Dan Mallory signed the Fair Chance Employment Act (CT HB 5237) into law. The statute, like other “ban the box” laws nationwide, prohibits covered employers from asking about an applicant’s criminal history on an initial employment application.
Under the Act, “employers” are broadly defined to mean “any person engaged in