On March 29, 2017, a judge in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia dismissed a Fair Credit Reporting Act claim against Equifax Information Services, LLC alleging that Equifax provided the plaintiff’s consumer report to a third party without an FCRA permissible purpose.  Dilday v. DIRECTV, LLC et al., No. …

The Ninth Circuit recently reversed a lower court’s dismissal of a Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) putative class action against Adir International, LLC (“Adir”), holding that Plaintiff Ned Flores (“Flores”) sufficiently alleged that Adir used an automatic telephone dialing system (“ATDS”) to send text messages to Flores.

According to the First Amended Complaint, Adir is…

On March 23, the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida granted preliminary approval of a nearly $31 million Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act (“FACTA”) class action settlement against Doctor’s Associates, Inc., doing business as Subway – the largest settlement to date in the history of FACTA. 

According to the c…

We are pleased to announce that Troutman Sanders partners Keith Barnett, Ashley Taylor and David Anthony will be featured speakers at the 2017 Third Party Payment Processors Association (“TPPPA”) Annual Conference taking place May 17-19 at The Westin Washington, DC City Center. Keith and Ashley will participate in a panel to address the current legal…

We are pleased to announce that Troutman Sanders partners John Lynch and Ashley Taylor will be featured speakers at this year’s Consero Financial Services & Insurance Litigation Forum on April 2-4, 2017 at The Biltmore Miami – Coral Gables. 

Consero’s 2017 Financial Services & Insurance Litigation Forum will address current and looming legal and business …

The Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) is not a strict liability statute.  To prevail, a plaintiff must prove that the statute was violated willfully or negligently.  While plaintiffs typically pursue willfulness claims because of the possibility of statutory and punitive damages, they often include vague allegations of emotional distress and actual damages in order to…

This past week, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California declined to preliminarily approve a class action settlement of a Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) claim because the payment to class members was unreasonably low.  In the Court’s view, the class members deserved more in light of the strengths of the plaintiff’s…

On March 28, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau released its monthly complaint snapshot, with a specific focus on credit cards.  Since its inception in July 2011, the Bureau has handled 1,136,000 consumer complaints across all products, with 116,200 complaints related to credit cards.  The CFPB received 26,300 complaints in February 2017, with 2,299 of those…

The Fair Employment and Housing Council published the final text for the “Consideration of Criminal History in Employment Decisions” regulation on March 27, 2017.  This regulation, effective July 1, 2017, impacts employers’ consideration of criminal history information for employment purposes, including those related to layoffs.  Employers are well-advised to take a fresh look…

On March 23, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced settlements with three health-related applications sold in Apple’s App Store and Google’s Play Store.  The settlements arose from allegations of misleading claims and irresponsible privacy practices.  Under the terms of the settlements, the developers agreed to provide additional information about how the apps …