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On June 2, Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi announced a settlement with a Jacksonville car dealership, its financing arm, and its president related to allegations that the dealership engaged in misleading business and sales practices.  The consent agreement, filed in the Circuit Court of the Fourth Judicial Circuit for Duval County, Florida, requires the dealership …

On May 31, a California Federal District Court approved default judgments against ten defendants for violations of the Federal Trade Commission Act, 15 U.S.C.  § 45 et seq., (“FTC Act”), and Telemarketing and Consumer Fraud and Abuse Prevention Act, 15 U.S.C. § 6105 et seq., (“Telemarketing Act”).  The case is Federal Trade Commission v. Aaron …

Since the Supreme Court issued its decision in Spokeo, Inc. v. Robins, appellate and district courts throughout the country have been grappling with the ruling’s reach.  Just this past month, the District Court for the Southern District of New York weighed in on the issue and found that a plaintiff must show more …

On May 31, plaintiffs Jim Youngman and Robert Allen filed a motion for preliminary approval of class action settlement for their pending Telephone Consumer Protection Act action against Florida-based insurance company A&B Insurance and Financial Inc.  The case is Youngman v. A&B Insurance and Financial, Inc., No. 6:16-cv-01478-CEM-GJK (M.D. Fla. May 18, 2017). …

On May 31, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau released a report summarizing the complaints the Bureau received from senior citizens since the CFPB opened its doors in July 2011.  In its nearly six years of operation, the Bureau has handled approximately 1,163,200 complaints, with 103,100 complaints coming from consumers 62 years of age and older.…

According to a new class action Complaint filed in the United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin, Discover Bank (“Discover”) and Kohn Law Firm S.C. (“Kohn”) violated the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) and Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) by publishing consumers’ credit scores as part of state court collection actions…

On May 23, 2017, in Whalen v. Michaels Stores, Inc., the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued a summary order affirming the district court’s dismissal of a putative data breach class action based on lack of Article III standing.

As background, the named plaintiff Mary Jane Whalen made credit card purchases…

We are pleased to announce that Troutman Sanders partners David Anthony and Chad Fuller will be a featured speaker at the 2017 ACA International Convention & Expo in Seattle at the Washington State Convention Center on July 16-18.

David will discuss “Debt Collection Litigation Management Best Practices,” where he will focus on litigation management best…

In the world of background check litigation under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (“FCRA”), one theory that plaintiffs frequently assert is that if the background check disclosure provided by the employer violates the FCRA, then the authorization based on that disclosure is also necessarily inadequate.  Under the FCRA, an employer desiring to obtain a criminal …

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) submitted its Fiscal Year 2018 budget request to Congress, in support of the President’s FY 2018 budget for the federal government. The budget request also includes the FY 2018 Budget Overview Statement, Performance Plan for FY 2017 and FY 2018, and Performance Report for FY 2016, as required under the …