On August 20, 2018, the Supreme Court of California issued its long-awaited order in Connor v. First Student, Inc. finding the state’s Investigative Consumer Reporting Agencies Act (“ICRAA”) was not unconstitutionally vague as applied to employer background checks, despite overlap with the Consumer Credit Reporting Agencies Act (“CCRAA”). See Connor v. First Student, Inc., No.
Illinois’ Biometric Information Protection Act (“BIPA”) requires entities collecting, using, and storing biometric data (such as face scans, retina scans, and fingerprint scans) to, among other things, inform and obtain consent from the owners of the data. Private entities storing an individual’s biometric information must also use a “reasonable standard of care” and treat the
On August 3, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia dismissed a putative class action brought under the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act for lack of subject matter jurisdiction and Article III standing, relying on the 2016 U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Spokeo Inc. v. Robins. As is commonplace in FACTA
Currently, some courts allow borrowers to bring Fair Debt Collection Practices Act claims for non-judicial foreclosures while other courts do not, but that is about to change. On June 28, the Supreme Court agreed to hear the appeal of Dennis Obduskey, a Colorado borrower arguing that the FDCPA should apply to non-judicial foreclosures.
Tim St. George, a partner in Troutman Sanders’ Consumer Financial Services practice, has received a 2018 Law360 Rising Star award honoring his career accomplishments in consumer protection law. Tim was selected from more than 1,200 nominees and named to the winner’s list of “168 attorneys under 40 whose legal accomplishments transcend their age.” Law360 highlights
In a case of first impression, the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan held that direct-to-voicemail messages qualify as a “call” under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act. The Court’s opinion thus subjects another modern technology to the requirements of express consent and other strictures of the TCPA.
Defendant debt collector Dyck-O’Neal,
On July 31, 2018, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (“OCC”) announced its intent to accept applications for special purpose national bank charters from eligible non-depository financial technology (“Fintech”) companies.[1] This announcement coincides with the release of a Treasury Department report supporting financial innovation and the regulation of nonbank financial entities.[2]
With debts rising faster than new graduates’ starting salaries, a student debt crisis has the potential to haunt the nation much in the way the mortgage crisis did 10 years ago. In general, the roots of this problem lie, in part, in the private student loan, or PSL, market created by and in response to
Under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, a potential employer generally may not procure a consumer report on an applicant unless the employer provides a disclosure, in a document that consists “solely of the disclosure,” informing the applicant that a consumer report may be obtained. In Williams v. TLC Casino Enters., the District Court
The Southern District of West Virginia recently held that the reporting of an account being paid through a Chapter 13 bankruptcy plan as having an outstanding balance or past due payments does not violate the Fair Credit Reporting Act.
Plaintiffs Angela and Robert Barry alleged that Farm Bureau Bank FSB continued to report their account