The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed summary judgment in a recent Fair Debt Collection Practices Act case where the plaintiff alleged that a repossession company demanded payment before she would be allowed to recover personal property left in the vehicle. The Court held that the plaintiff’s testimony did not create a
The District Court for the Middle District of Florida recently added to TCPA case law concerning the level of human intervention required to defeat claimed use of an automatic telephone dialing system, or “ATDS,” in a TCPA lawsuit. In Gaza v. Auto Glass America, LLC, Case No. 8:17-cv-01811, Doc. No. 42 (M.D.
Earlier this week, InsideArm identified a subtle change to the Massachusetts Attorney General’s website that may reflect an unannounced change in the regulations governing third-party collection agencies in Massachusetts. The Massachusetts Attorney General’s website now indicates the following:
The Attorney General has issued debt collection regulations that establish standards by defining unfair and deceptive acts
The Federal Trade Commission proposed a rule requiring consumer reporting agencies to provide free credit monitoring service to active duty military members that would electronically notify these consumers of “material” changes to their file within 24 hours. The deadline to submit comments on the proposed rule is January 7, 2019.
The proposed rule implements the
We are pleased to announce that Troutman Sanders attorney Ron Raether will be presenting during the iSMG Information Security Media Group’s Legal & Compliance Summit in New York. The summit will take place at the Convene New York City, New York. The summit will focus on acronym laws and standards that can be maddening to
In a recent decision dismissing a purported class action against Zillow Group, Inc., launched by disgruntled purchasers of the company’s securities, the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington provided a remarkably thorough—and an eminently useful—distillation of the federal judiciary’s emergent application of the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act of 1974
Tim St. George, a partner in Troutman Sanders’ Consumer Financial Services practice, has been nominated as one of twenty-two of Virginia Lawyers Media’s Up & Coming Lawyers for 2018. The “Up & Coming Lawyers” awards program, now in its third year, recognizes lawyers across the commonwealth who are making their mark within their first 10
BTI Consulting Names Troutman Sanders a ‘Standout Law Firm’ in Three Litigation Categories
Troutman Sanders LLP has been designated a “Standout Law Firm” in BTI Consulting Group’s Litigation Outlook 2019 rankings in the following three categories:
The firm is regularly recognized by BTI. According to the
On Friday, October 26th, from 2 – 3 pm ET, Troutman Sanders attorneys, David Anthony, Dave Gettings and Virginia Flynn will present a webinar that will help you make sense of the shifting TCPA landscape. It will focus on the different ways courts throughout the country have addressed the interpretation of an automatic telephone dialing
We are pleased to announce that Troutman Sanders attorney Ron Raether will be presenting during the 33rd Annual SoCal Security Symposium in Costa Mesa, California at the Hilton Orange County Hotel. Ron will present, “Cloudy with a Chance of Legal Action: Managing Cyber Risks in an Increasingly Outsourced World,” on October 25th at 8:30