On May 21, the Federal Trade Commission announced that it had settled charges against payment processor Allied Wallet along with its CEO and owner, Ahmad Khawaja, and two other officers – Mohammad Diab and Amy Rountree. The charges stemmed from the FTC’s claim that the defendants knowingly processed payments for merchants that were engaged in
Telephone Consumer Protection Act claim defendants and fans of civil procedure have cause to celebrate as another district court limits the scope of potential class members against out-of-state defendants.
On May 10, the District Court for the Northern District of Illinois struck non-residents of Illinois from a putative class in a
On May 21, Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) introduced Senate Bill 1581 that would amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act and the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act. The bill is co-sponsored by Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D–Conn.), Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.
On April 26, the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas granted summary judgment in favor of a defendant on a Fair Debt Collection Practices Act claim regarding calls in an attempt to collect a delinquent medical debt.
In Jennifer Young v. Medicredit, Inc., the consumer
Today the Federal Register published the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking regarding updates to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
The notice in the Federal Register triggers the end date of the comment period. Businesses, consumers, and other interested parties now have until August 19, 2019 to submit comments on
On July 24, 2019, and for the second time this year, Troutman Sanders attorneys, Maryia Jones and Stephen Steinlight, will lead a webinar by Lorman Educational Services entitled, “Collection Disputes: A Good Defense Is the Best Offense.”
The credit and collection industry remain under an increased scrutiny from regulators and a target of
On May 13, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced its plans for periodically reviewing the regulations it oversees, in accordance with the Regulatory Flexibility Act (“RFA”). In a second statement issued the same date, the CFPB announced it would begin the process with a review of the Overdraft Rule, which amended Regulation E implementing the
On May 16, Commissioner Michael O’Rielly of the Federal Communications Commission issued incendiary remarks aimed at mobilizing all industries impacted by the “perpetual legal limbo” that is the current state of Telephone Consumer Protection Act interpretation and litigation.
Speaking at the ACA International Conference, O’Rielly called for businesses to increase pressure on the agency to
Fresh off the heels of an in-depth report detailing Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich’s leadership and consistent scrutiny of class action settlements, the Department of Justice and twelve state attorneys general, led by Arizona, independently filed objections to a proposed nationwide class action settlement between consumers and Dial. The class settlement focused on misleading advertisements
