We are pleased to announce that Troutman Sanders attorney Mary Zinsner will moderate the panel entitled, “Privacy & the Digitized/ Modern Banking Experience: Protecting Consumer Privacy and Personal Data”, at the Women Leaders in Financial Services Law and Compliance Conference in New York City on September 17th, 2019 at 11:00 am.
The ACI
On August 14, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, along with the Office of the Arkansas Attorney General, filed a proposed settlement with Andrew Gamber, Voyager Financial, and SoBell (collectively “Defendants”). This settlement follows a complaint the CFPB and Arkansas filed against Defendants in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas, alleging
On April 26, the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas granted summary judgment in favor of a defendant on a Fair Debt Collection Practices Act claim regarding calls in an attempt to collect a delinquent medical debt.
In Jennifer Young v. Medicredit, Inc., the consumer
On April 12, the United States District Court for the Southern District of California upheld a magistrate judge’s discovery order requiring the production of settlement agreements containing confidentiality provisions.
In Kenneth J. Moser v. Health Insurance Innovations, Inc., consumer plaintiff Kenneth Moser brought putative class action claims against Health Insurance Innovations (“HIIQ”)
A federal court in Wisconsin recently granted a motion for attorneys’ fees in a Fair Debt Collection Practices Act case based on the defendant’s “aggressive litigation tactics.” The case is Michael J. Broome v. Kohn Law Firm, S.C., et al.
Consumer plaintiff Michael Broome claimed the defendants violated the FDCPA by filing a debt-collection lawsuit
In a decision issued on March 26, the Court of Appeals for the First Circuit found that appellee Citizens Bank’s “Sustained Overdraft Fees” do not qualify as interest under the National Bank Act (“NBA”) and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency’s (“OCC”) related regulations, rules, and interpretive letters that provide guidance with
A U.S. Bankruptcy Court has denied a creditor’s motion for sanctions against a law firm in the Middle District of Florida which the creditor alleged engaged in serial filings.
Lash Wilcox & Grace PL (“LW&G”), formerly known as Lash & Wilcox PL, is a law firm with a niche practice specializing in the prosecution of
The FBI has calculated that global losses due to business email compromise exceeded 12.5 billion dollars in the period October 2013 to May 2018. The question is no longer “if” your company will be a victim but “when” and in-house counsel and practitioners must be ready to detect and respond.
Troutman Sanders attorneys regularly represent
Agoda Company Pte. Ltd., an international travel service provider based in Singapore, secured a summary judgment win on the affirmative defense of consent after a district court ruled the text messages it sent to a customer did not violate the Telephone Consumer Protection Act.
After booking with Agoda to reserve hotel rooms on
Last week, Navient Corp., the nation’s largest student loan servicer, moved for summary judgment on two enforcement claims brought against it by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau alleging that Navient engaged in abusive and unfair practices under the Consumer Financial Protection Act.
In January 2017, the CFPB filed an enforcement action in the U.S.