In Telephone Science Corporation v. Asset Recovery Solutions, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois recently held that Telephone Science Corporation (“TSC”), a telecommunications company, did not have standing to pursue its Telephone Consumer Protection Act claims against Asset Recovery Solutions, LLC (“ARS”), a debt collection company.
TSC operates a
In its latest monthly snapshot report, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau reported that it has handled approximately 285,800 debt collection complaints since July 21, 2011, making debt collection the most-complained-about product. Within the debt collection context, consumers’ most common complaint concerned attempts to collect on a debt that the consumer says is not owed.
According to the complaint in Ibrahim v. American Honda Motor Co., Inc., defendants Sterircycle, Inc. and Stericycle Communication Solutions, Inc. (collectively referred to herein as “Stericycle”) violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act by making unauthorized telephone calls using a prerecorded or artificial voice to the cellular telephones of individuals throughout the nation.
Stericycle’s calling
On December 20, Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge filed a consumer protection lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas against Florida-based Capital Credit Solutions Inc. and Willie J. McKenzie for alleged violations of the Federal Credit Repair Organization Act, the Arkansas Deceptive Trade Practices Act, and the Arkansas Credit
On December 16, the Federal Trade Commission filed suit in Kansas federal court against Joel Tucker and the business entities he purportedly controls, alleging that Tucker marketed, distributed, and sold counterfeit debt portfolios that purport to identify consumers who have defaulted on payday loans.
Specifically, Tucker and his companies allegedly sold spreadsheets to debt collectors
The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana recently granted final approval of a $9.25 million Telephone Consumer Protection Act class action against Advanced Care Scripts, Inc. (“ACS”).
According to the class action complaint, ACS engages in the management and dispensing of specialty medications and oral oncology products. To advertise their services,
As we previously reported, US Coachways entered into a $49.9 million Telephone Consumer Protection Act class action settlement. Because the motor coach leasing company could not fund the settlement, the company tendered a claim for the action to its insurer, Illinois Union Insurance Company, who subsequently denied coverage to US Coachways. US Coachways assigned
On December 14, the parties in Mey v. Frontier Communications Corp. filed a motion for preliminary approval of a settlement of a Telephone Consumer Protection Act class action.
According to the Complaint, Frontier, a telephone company that offers voice, broadband, satellite video, and wireless internet data access for individuals and small businesses, uses
As we previously reported, the named plaintiff in Paci v. Costco Wholesale Corporation filed a Fair Credit Reporting Act putative class action against Costco alleging that the retailer’s receipts contained more digits of the payment card’s account number than is permitted under the Act.
The parties recently filed cross-motions for summary judgment. Costco argued
The United States District Court for the Western District of New York recently granted the Federal Trade Commission’s motion for summary judgment and entered a final order against a group of debt collectors who pretended to be affiliated with the government, and ordered them to pay nearly $11 million.
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