In Hinderstein v. Advanced Call Ctr. Techs., No. 15-100017 (C.D. Cal. Feb. 27, 2017), a case alleging violation of the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and California’s Rosenthal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act before the United States District Court for the Central District of California, the Court found that a relatively high call
DOJ Issues New Guidance on Corporate Compliance Programs
On February 8, 2017, the Criminal Division of the U.S. Department of Justice quietly issued new guidance on corporate compliance programs for companies implicated in misconduct. Specifically, the Criminal Division posted a set of “important topics and sample questions that the Fraud Section has frequently found relevant in evaluating a corporate compliance program” to the
Join Us on February 9 for a Complimentary Webinar on Redlining and Fair Lending
Join Troutman Sanders Partners James W. Stevens and Alan D. Wingfield on Thursday, February 9 at 12 p.m. ET for a complimentary webinar to discuss current trends and outlook for the key fair lending issues of redlining and disparate impact.
Specific topics of discussion include the basics of federal regulators’ theories and methodologies in assessing
Supreme Court To Decide Whether Financing Company Collecting Debts Is A “Debt Collector” Under The FDCPA
On January 13, 2017, the United States Supreme Court agreed to hear a case presenting the question whether a financing company that purchases delinquent debts and begins collecting on those debts can be held liable under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA). The Court will review the Fourth Circuit’s decision in Henson et al.
Join Us for the ACI Consumer Finance Class Actions & Litigation Conference in Miami
We are pleased to announce that Troutman Sanders partners John Lynch and Chad Fuller will be featured moderators and speakers, respectively, at the American Conference Institute’s 27th National Conference on Consumer Finance Class Actions and Litigation on January 24, 2017 at the W Miami Hotel.
John will moderate the second portion of the panel
Blue Shield and SQM Defeat TCPA Putative Class Action Following Spokeo
U.S. District Judge Cathy A. Bencivengo recently dismissed a plaintiff’s TCPA putative class claim due to lack of standing required under Article III. In Anton Ewing v. SQM US, Inc. et al., No. 3:16-cv-1609-CAB-JLB (S.D. Cal., Sept. 29, 2016), the plaintiff alleged that he received a single survey call made by SQM on Blue
Join Us on November 3 for a Webinar on “The Ten Commandments to Avoid Lender Liability”
In good times and bad, one of the single largest legal risks for lenders is liability claims brought by borrowers. Either asserted defensively when the borrower is unable to repay, offensively when the borrower has suffered a loss in a transaction financed by the loan, or as in an entrepreneurial effort to recover money based
Join Us at the Institute of Continuing Legal Education in Georgia’s Class Actions Seminar
We are pleased to announce that Troutman Sanders partner Cindy Hanson will be a featured speaker at the Class Actions seminar, offered by the Institute of Continuing Legal Education in Georgia, on Friday, September 2.
Cindy will speak on a panel entitled “Offers of Judgment and Mootness after Campell-Ewald,” where she will discuss
FCC Sets Tight Boundaries for TCPA Government-Backed Loan Exception
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
FTC Consent Order With Two Ohio Auto Dealers Resolves Misleading Advertising Claims
On July 14, the Federal Trade Commission announced that it had entered into a final consent order with Ohio auto dealers Progressive Chevrolet Company and Progressive Motors Inc. (collectively, the “Progressive Dealers”), which the FTC had “charged with deceiving consumers by using advertising that touted low monthly car lease payments and down payments but failed