In Case You Missed It: Consumer Financial Services Law Monitor - November in Review
We have posted several new topics to the Consumer Financial Services Law Monitor blog throughout the month of November. To read further, click on the titles below:
Featured Posts / Client Alerts
Auto Finance
District of Minnesota Breaks New Ground for Wrong Number Cases Under TCPA
Background Screening
Class Actions
Alarm.com Agrees to Settle TCPA Class Action for $28M
Lawmakers Introduce Bill to Prevent Mandatory Arbitration Provisions for Workers
Supreme Court Examines Limits of Cy Pres Disbursements in Class Action Lawsuits
Eleventh Circuit Holds Consumers Are Bound by Arbitration Provision Appearing on Product Wrapper
Not in the Spirit for Class Arbitration
Tampa Bay Rays Almost Strike Out on TCPA Class Action Dismissal Attempt
Credit Reporting & Data Brokers
Cyber Security, Information Governance & Privacy
FCC Chairman Proposes Reassigned Numbers Database and Supports Blocking of Spam Robotexts
They’re Coming for Robocalls! Senators Unveil Bipartisan Proposal
Debt Buyers & Collectors
Mortgage Lenders and Servicers
Virginia Supreme Court Clarifies Statute of Limitations for Mortgagor Contract Claims
Change is Coming! (to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure)
Seventh Circuit Holds that Borrower Failed to Show Harm Caused by Servicer’s QWR Response
Lone Court Decision Complicates Question Regarding Effect of Bankruptcy Under WVCCPA
Payment Processing & Credit Cards
Amendments to Reg CC Adopting Presumption of Check Alteration Go Into Effect on Jan. 1, 2019
Closely Watched Credit Card Surcharge Litigation Back in Second Circuit for Constitutional Review
State Attorneys General, CFPB & FTC
Student Lending
Debt Picture Gets Worse in Third Quarter of 2018
NexGen Student Loan Servicing: What You Need to Know
TCPA
Supreme Court to Weigh in on FCC Deference in TCPA Junk Fax Case
Court Grants Summary Judgment to Defendant in TCPA Case Involving Reassigned Telephone Number