Troutman Sanders CFS Law Monitor Blog – August in Review
We have posted several new topics to the Consumer Financial Services Law Monitor blog throughout the month of August. To read further, click on the titles below:
Featured Posts
- Court Dismisses TCPA Claim Because Text Messaging App Does Not “Make” Calls
- FTC Reverses ALJ, Finds that LabMD Violated Section 5 of FTC Act
- California Federal Judge Rejects Class Action Settlement Due to Broad Release Provisions and Inadequate Notice
- Fourth Circuit Rejects FDCPA Liability For Filing Proofs of Claim On Time-Barred Debt
- Recent CFPB Supervisory Highlights Address FCRA Compliance Issues
- Ninth Circuit Rules Every Debt Collector Must Send Verification Notice
- Ninth Circuit Rules that Court Can Acknowledge Context of Communications in FDCPA Dispute
- Spokeo’s Impact on Eleventh Circuit FDCPA Case
- TCPA Case Dismissed on Spokeo Reasoning
- State Legislatures Begin to Consider Bans on Asking About Applicants’ Prior Salary History
- Sprint Agrees to Individual Settlement in Proposed Background Screening Class Action
- Florida Federal Court Denies Motion to Dismiss FACTA Class Action Under Spokeo
Cyber Security, Information Governance & Privacy
- Urban Outfitters, Anthropologie Dodge Putative ZIP Code Class Action Under Spokeo
- TCPA Class Action Dismissed Based on Spokeo
- OCR Settles With Illinois Nonprofit Medical Group for $5.55 Million in Medical Data Breach Investigation
- FTC Seeks Comment on its Safeguarding Rule
Credit Reporting & Data Brokers
- California Federal Judge Approves $2.4M Settlement Against SoFi
- Troutman Sanders Expands Financial Services Litigation Practice in Atlanta
- Federal Court Dismisses Putative FCRA Class Action for Lack of Standing and Plausible Willful Violation
Payment Processing & Credit Cards
- South Carolina Governor Signs Money Transmitter Law
- Payment Processor Group Files Amicus Brief in CFPB v. Intercept Case
- Minnesota AG Settles Lawsuit with Online Payday Lender
- FDIC Proposes Examination Guidance for Third-Party Lending Arrangements
- FCC Sets Tight Boundaries for TCPA Government-Backed Loan Exception
- CFPB Uses “Mystery Shoppers” to Combat Home Loan Lending Discriminations
- CFPB Introduces New Protections for Borrowers
State Attorneys General, CFPB & FTC
- New York AG Announces Data Breach Settlement with EZcontactsUSA
- Washington AG Sues Comcast for Alleged Deceptive Practices, Seeks Over $100 Million
- FTC Approves Final Settlement Against Cloud-Based Health Records Platform Provider
- September 18-20: National Association of Professional Background Screeners Annual Conference
- September 26-27: ACI’s 16th National Forum on Prepaid Card Compliance
- September 29-30: ACI’s 2nd National Forum on Data Breach & Privacy Litigation and Enforcement
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