Troutman Sanders LLP announced today that Cindy Hanson has joined the firm’s Financial Services Litigation practice as a partner in Atlanta. Prior to joining Troutman Sanders, Cindy was a partner at Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP.
Cindy focuses on class action defense and has handled hundreds of matters under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA).
The Eleventh Circuit recently released an unpublished decision regarding its opinion on the impact of Spokeo on a Fair Debt Collection Practices Act putative class action, finding that the named plaintiff satisfied Article III standing requirement.
In Church v. Accretive Health, Inc., the defendant sent the named plaintiff a letter advising her that she
In Davis v. Hollins Law, the Ninth Circuit recently reversed a lower court’s judgment in favor of the plaintiff on a claim under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, finding that the defendant debt collector’s communication was sufficient in context to disclose to the least sophisticated debtor that it was from a debt collector.
The United States Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”), has assessed a $5.55 million fine against an Illinois healthcare provider for alleged HIPAA data privacy violations. The settlement is the largest to date between the OCR and any single entity, and is one of several multi-million dollar settlements obtained by
As we previously reported, section 301(b) of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 permits an exception to the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 for calls and text messages “made solely to collect a debt owed to or guaranteed by the United States.” Although the TCPA generally prohibits calls and text messages using automatic
The United States District Court for the Northern District of California entered an order on August 9, approving a $2.4 million settlement between Social Finance Inc. (“SoFi”) and a class of nearly 11,000 consumers for alleged violations of the Fair Credit Reporting Act.
In Heaton v. Social Finance Inc., the named plaintiffs alleged that
On July 28, at a public hearing in Sacramento, California, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau released an outline of new rules targeting third-party debt-collection operations. The new rules seek to curb “excessive or disruptive” communications by restricting collectors from calling debtors numerous times a day, requiring debt collection companies to have “more and better
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) is seeking comment on proposed examination guidance for Third-Party Lending. [1] The proposed guidance, issued July 29, provides banks with safety, soundness and consumer compliance measures to be followed when lending through a business relationship with a third party. The proposed guidance will apply to all banks that engage
Reversing the findings of an Administrative Law Judge, the FTC has found that LabMD, Inc., a former provider of clinical laboratory testing services to physicians, violated Section 5 of the FTC Act by failing to maintain proper data security practices. The final order, issued on July 29, is notable in its position suggesting that
On August 5, the New York Attorney General announced a settlement with Provision Supply, LLC, d/b/a EZcontactsUSA.com over a data breach resulting in the potential exposure of over 25,000 credit card numbers and other cardholder data. Provision Supply, the operator of EZContactsUSA.com, a Brooklyn-based e-tailer that sells contact lenses and eyewear, agreed to pay $100,000