Troutman Sanders CFS Law Monitor Blog – 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
- California Court Grants Final Approval of $1.5 Million TCPA Robocall Settlement
- $5.5 Million TCPA Class Action Settlement Against Debt Collector
- Ninth Circuit Holds Trustees Performing Non-Judicial Foreclosures Are Not Debt Collectors Pursuant to FDCPA
- What’s In a Barcode?: District Court in Eleventh Circuit Adopts Benign Language Exception for Debtor’s Account Number
- $11 Million Judgment Entered Against Debt Collectors in FTC Action
- Attorney Collecting a Debt For a Debt Collector May Not Rely on Client’s Validation Notice
- District Court Finds Receipt of Allegedly Improper Background Check Disclosure is Sufficient to Confer Standing Under Spokeo
- FTC Issues Bulletin for Consumers Applying for Apartments and for Handling Background Check Process
- District Court Wrestles with Interpretation of Webpage in Background Check Disclosure Lawsuit
Cyber Security, Information Governance & Privacy
- HIMSS Cybersecurity Call to Action – The Health Sector is the Target
- Facebook Challenges Constitutionality of TCPA’s Prohibition on Automated Text Messages
- $49.9 Million TCPA Class Action Settlement Granted Final Approval
- Casino Settles TCPA Class Action in Alabama Federal Court
- Parties Seek Final Approval of $2.15 Million TCPA Class Action Settlement Against Marketing Services Company
- Text Messaging TCPA Class Action Against Workforce Staffing Company Results in $5 Million Settlement
Credit Reporting & Data Brokers
- CFPB to Publish Public List of Companies Offering Free Credit Scores
- FCRA Lawsuits Increase in 2016
- Cross-Motions for Summary Judgment Filed in Costco FCRA Class Action
- FTC Alleges Prepaid Card Company Deceptively Marketed Reloadable Debit Cards
- CFPB Sues Company and Outside Counsel for Alleged Violations of State Law Concerning Structured Settlement Factoring
- CFPB Publishes Prepaid Card Fact Sheet
State Attorneys General, CFPB & FTC
- DraftKings and FanDuel Settle Case with NY A.G. for $12 Million
- Consumers Duped by Telemarketing Debt Collection Scheme Will Soon See Refund Payment
- FTC Issues Comments on NHTSA’s Federal Automated Vehicles Policy