Litigation Developments

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11th Circuit Vacates FCRA Summary Judgment for Credit Reporting Agency

13 May 2021

A panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit recently vacated a district court’s grant of summary judgment to a credit reporting...

FTC Reaches Record $20 Million FCRA Settlement

13 May 2021

The FTC recently reached a $20 million settlement with a company to resolve allegations that it unlawfully used the credit history of third parties to...

U.S. Supreme Court Unanimously Rejects FTC’s Authority to Recover Equitable Monetary Relief Under the FTC Act

06 May 2021

The Supreme Court recently held that Section 13(b) of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Act does not authorize the FTC to seek, or a court...

CFPB Files Complaint Against Debt Settlement Firm for Abusive Conduct

06 May 2021

The CFPB recently entered into a proposed settlement of its lawsuit filed in California federal district court against a debt settlement company alleging that the...

11th Circuit Finds Data Transmission to Vendor Constitutes a Communication to a Third Party Under FDCPA

29 Apr 2021

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit recently issued an opinion holding that, when a debt collector sent a consumer’s information to a...

Court Denies Dismissal of FDCPA Claim for Including Unmatured Attorneys’ Fees in Demand

29 Apr 2021

A federal judge in Virginia recently denied dismissal of a plaintiff’s claim that a defendant noteholder and his attorneys violated the Fair Debt Collection Practices...

11th Circuit: Websites Not Public Accommodations Under ADA

22 Apr 2021

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit recently held that websites are not covered as places of public accommodation under Title III of...

FTC Sends Nearly $50 Million to over 147,000 Students of For-Profit School

22 Apr 2021

The FTC is sending payments totaling nearly $50 million to over 147,000 students of a for-profit school. These payments are part of a larger settlement...

CFPB Settles with Debt Collector over CFPA and FDCPA Violations

15 Apr 2021

The CFPB recently issued a consent order against a debt collection company and its owner over alleged violations of the CFPA and FDCPA involving misleading...

California Investigates Student Loan Debt Relief Firms

15 Apr 2021

The California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (DFPI) recently launched investigations of student loan debt relief companies to determine whether companies’ operations comply with...

SCOTUS Resolves Circuit Split Regarding the Definition of an Autodialer

08 Apr 2021

Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously in favor of the petitioner, a large social networking company, resolving the ongoing circuit split over the...

District Court Rules CFPB’s Claims Precluded by Prior Consent Judgment

18 Mar 2021

The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida recently granted a partial summary judgment in favor of a national mortgage servicer, reducing the...