Scott represents companies that specialize in consumer data – most notably consumer reporting agencies, credit agencies, employment/tenant screeners, software providers, multinational banks, and mortgage companies. He helps clients navigate bet-the-company class actions under the Fair Credit Reporting Act and state analogs. Scott is also a trusted source for client audits to ensure compliance with an ever-changing landscape of consumer protection and data privacy laws.
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Scott is a consumer data and privacy specialist. He regularly defends against data breach lawsuits and class action claims asserted under federal and state consumer-protection statutes (FCRA, FDCPA, TCPA, UCC, UDAAP, RICO). Scott represents companies on an array of data privacy issues, including background screening, consumer reporting, data breaches, ransomware attacks, and related regulatory investigations by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), and state attorneys general.
Scott also represents clients in complex individual lawsuits asserting claims under the Securities Exchange Act and FTC Holder Rule – most notably through his representation of a Fortune 150 banking institution's national automobile lending portfolio.
Scott served as the first law clerk to the Honorable John A. Gibney, Jr., U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, and regularly advises clients as lead and local counsel in all three divisions of the "Rocket Docket."
Additionally, Scott provides ongoing analysis and commentary on developments in the consumer financial services industry, with a focus on data privacy, background screening, and FCRA issues, through the Consumer Financial Services Law Monitor blog at www.consumerfinancialserviceslawmonitor.com.
Class Actions, Consumer Data, and Privacy Litigation
Financial Services Litigation
Pro Bono
Articles + Publications
03.01.24
February 2024 Class Action Blog Summary
Consumer Financial Services Law Monitor
02.01.24
Troutman Pepper Publishes 2023 Consumer Financial Services Year in Review and A Look Ahead
Articles + Publications
02.01.24
Troutman Pepper Publishes 2023 Consumer Financial Services Year in Review and A Look Ahead
Press Coverage
01.09.24
A Look at Consumer Reporting in 2023, and What's to Come
Articles + Publications
11.06.23
October 2023 Class Action Blog Summary
Firm Events
10.19.23
Navigating FCRA Trends: A 2023 Review and Forward-Looking Insights for 2024