On April 13, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin granted summary judgment to defendants in a lawsuit brought under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (“FDCPA”) and the Wisconsin Consumer Act (“WCA”). A copy of the Court’s opinion can be found here.
The case arises from a state court
In the fall of 2017, the New York Times documented the existence of laws in nineteen jurisdictions which allow for the revocation of government-issued professional licenses if a holder defaults on a student loan. Pleas for reform soon swamped states.
In Texas, whose next regular legislative session will begin on January 8, 2019,
We are pleased to announce that Troutman Sanders attorney Ron Raether will be presenting during the NetDiligence Cyber Risk Summit Conference at the Bellevue Hotel in Philadelphia, PA. This conference features two full days of panel discussions by leading cyber experts who will share their insights on hot topics, trends, and cybersecurity concerns. Ron will
A district court in Ohio dismissed a plaintiff’s claims under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1681 et seq., because he could not show that the report caused him an injury or that the background screening company failed to maintain reasonable procedures to ensure accuracy.
Plaintiff Thomas Black brought a putative class
On April 23, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency Bank added its support to Bank of America’s efforts to convince the Ninth Circuit to review a March 2 panel decision holding that the National Bank Act does not preempt a California state law requiring the payment of 2% interest on escrow accounts. “The
A federal court in Nebraska threw out a putative class action suit brought under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1692 et seq., and the Nebraska Consumer Protection Act, Neb. Rev. Stat. § 59-1601 et seq., holding that collection agencies could recover attorneys’ fees when using in-house counsel to file
A plaintiff’s putative class action suit in the Southern District of Ohio under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1681 et seq., has been thrown out because she could not show that the employer’s initial assessment or grading of her eligibility for the position was an adverse action.
On June 2, 2014,
According to a recent report from WebRecon, filings of Fair Credit Reporting Act cases have continued to increase in 2018. FCRA claims led consumer litigation filings in February, while Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (“FDCPA”) and Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”) cases declined during the same month. The overall statistics for consumer litigation in February
On March 30, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York dismissed a Fair Debt Collection Practices Act case in favor of a debt collector, finding that the use of the Miller safe harbor language in its collection letter did not violate the FDCPA. In granting the debt collector’s motion, the Court
Last week, the National Institute of Standards and Technology released version 1.1 of the Framework for Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity—more commonly known as the Cybersecurity Framework.
The first version of Cybersecurity Framework was initially issued in February 2014 as voluntary guidance for critical infrastructure organizations to better manage and reduce cybersecurity risk. Although it