Like most industries today, Consumer Finance Services businesses are being significantly impacted by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Troutman Pepper has developed a dedicated COVID-19 Resource Center to guide clients through this unprecedented global health challenge. We regularly update this site with COVID-19 news and developments, recommendations from leading health organizations, and tools that businesses can
On December 15, 2020, the Board of Commissioners for Polk County, Florida voted to accept an additional $2,812,299.00 of funding from the March 27, 2020, CARES Act (the Act), part of which will be used to provide rental assistance to residents of Polk County. The rental assistance comes in the form of the Polk County
Like most industries today, Consumer Finance Services businesses are being significantly impacted by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Troutman Pepper has developed a dedicated COVID-19 Resource Center to guide clients through this unprecedented global health challenge. We regularly update this site with COVID-19 news and developments, recommendations from leading health organizations, and tools that businesses can
The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals held that the actions of a debt collector are not necessarily imputed to a debt buyer. This holding reversed the Western District of Arkansas District Court, which held that the actions of the debt collector are necessarily imputed to the debt buyer. The full opinion of Reygadas v. DNF
In the new COVID-19 aid bill passed by both houses of Congress on Sunday, December 21 – the full text of which can be found here – and awaiting presidential approval, the national moratorium on evictions would be extended through January 31, 2021. Additionally, a fund of $25 billion will be established to assist qualifying
Like most industries today, Consumer Finance Services businesses are being significantly impacted by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Troutman Pepper has developed a dedicated COVID-19 Resource Center to guide clients through this unprecedented global health challenge. We regularly update this site with COVID-19 news and developments, recommendations from leading health organizations, and tools that businesses can
On December 4, 2020, the Eleventh Circuit issued a ruling in Lucoff v. Navient Solutions, LLC, et al., holding Lucoff’s oral revocation of consent to be contacted under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”) followed by re-consenting to be contacted minutes later via an online form was valid consent under the TCPA.
Lucoff was
The Supreme Court granted cert in Ramirez v. TransUnion LLC to consider “whether either Article III or Rule 23 permits a damages class action where the vast majority of the class suffered no actual injury, let alone an injury anything like what the class representative suffered.” This development is a welcomed opportunity for clarity in
Like most industries today, Consumer Finance Services businesses are being significantly impacted by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Troutman Pepper has developed a dedicated COVID-19 Resource Center to guide clients through this unprecedented global health challenge. We regularly update this site with COVID-19 news and developments, recommendations from leading health organizations, and tools that businesses can
In Riccio v. Client Services, Inc., the District Court of New Jersey dismissed a class action lawsuit finding that a failure to assure a consumer that statements in a letter would not change in the future was not materially misleading under the least sophisticated debtor test.
On February 13, 2020, Joanne Riccio received a