We are pleased to announce that Troutman Sanders partner David Anthony will be a featured speaker for a live webinar entitled “FCRA Class Actions: Minimizing Litigation Woes for Employers” on Wednesday, April 27 from 12:00 noon to 2:00 p.m. EST.
During this webinar, the panelists will provide an in-depth discussion of Fair Credit Reporting Act
We are pleased to announce that Troutman Sanders partner David Anthony will be a panelist at the American Bar Association’s Business Law Section Spring Meeting at Fairmont The Queen Elizabeth in Montreal, Canada on April 6-9.
David will speak on a panel sponsored by the Consumer Financial Services Committee entitled “Update on the Telephone Consumer
In the FTC’s annual report detailing consumer complaints, complaints against debt collectors topped the list for the first time in 15 years.
The FTC received more than 3 million complaints in 2015. That’s up from 2.5 million in 2014. Some of the increase can be attributed to the fact that more people know to
We are pleased to announce that Troutman Sanders partners Ashley Taylor and David Anthony will be featured speakers at the upcoming Credit and Collections News (CCN) Annual Conference. The conference will be held March 30 through April 1 at the Ritz-Carlton in Amelia Island, Florida.
Ashley will speak on a panel entitled “Working with Your
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.” The TCPA generally prohibits calls made and text messages sent utilizing
On January 29, Illinois enacted Senate Bill 1369. The bill makes certain revisions and amendments to the prior debt collection requirements that were enacted within the state in 2015. The law is effective immediately.
Among other provisions, the law adds the following definitions to the debt collection statute:
As we previously reported, on November 4, 2015, U. S. Senator Edward Markey (D-Mass.) introduced the Help Americans Never Get Unwanted Phone calls Act of 2015—or HANGUP Act for short. The legislation, which has 14 Democratic co-sponsors, would repeal section 301(b) of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015, which
As part of the Federal Trade Commission’s systematic review of all current FTC rules and guides, the agency recently announced a modified 10-year regulatory review schedule. To ensure that its rules and industry guides stay relevant and are not overly burdensome, the FTC reviews them at 10-year intervals. The review schedule is published each
Troutman Sanders would like to share the attached favorable decision from the Eastern District of Virginia on behalf of its client, Portfolio Recovery Associates (“PRA”). The district court recently denied plaintiff’s motion for class certification in a case alleging that PRA violated the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act by sending debt
The 2010 financial reform law, known as the Dodd-Frank Act, has led to a 14.5 percent cut in consumer revolving credit since its enactment, says the American Action Forum. Based on the AAF’s latest research, consumer credit access is taking a substantial hit as a result of the $30 billion in regulatory costs and 72