The United States District Court for the Northern District of California entered an order on August 9, approving a $2.4 million settlement between Social Finance Inc. (“SoFi”) and a class of nearly 11,000 consumers for alleged violations of the Fair Credit Reporting Act.
In Heaton v. Social Finance Inc., the named plaintiffs alleged that
On August 1, a New Jersey federal judge issued a one-page order dismissing a Telephone Consumer Protection Act class action based on the Supreme Court’s recent ruling in Spokeo, Inc. v. Robins.
In Susinno v. Work Out World, Inc., Plaintiff Noreen Susinno had a prior gym membership with Work Out World (“WOW”). According
In Long v. Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation, the named plaintiffs applied for positions as bus operators with the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (“SEPTA”). SEPTA allegedly extended each of the plaintiffs a conditional offer of employment, which was contingent upon a background check. In each instance, the plaintiffs disclosed the existence of a drug conviction to
As we previously reported, Plaintiff Jonathan Torres filed a putative class action against Wendy’s in the wake of a data breach that the fast-food company suffered earlier this year. Wendy’s subsequently filed a motion to dismiss Torres’ complaint, which the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida granted on July 15.
In
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
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
Law360, New York (June 30, 2016, 4:42 PM ET) —
The Eighth Circuit’s recent ruling in Sandusky Wellness Center LLC v. Medtox Scientific Inc. on ascertainability deepened a circuit split on one of the most important and challenging class certification issues. Until theU.S. Supreme Court resolves the split, the legal standard for ascertainability