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Nevada Federal Court Declines to Decide at Summary Judgment Stage Whether Pre-Dispute Investigation Was Sufficient to Satisfy FCRA

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A federal district court judge in Nevada recently denied competing motions for summary judgment in a Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) furnisher investigation case, demonstrating the challenges FCRA litigants often face in...more

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Federal Magistrate Recommends Dismissal of FDCPA and FCRA Case on Statute of Limitation and Reasonableness of Reporting Grounds

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On November 9, a magistrate judge in the Northern District of Georgia issued a Report & Recommendation to grant a motion to dismiss because the plaintiff’s Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) claims were time-barred...more

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CA DFPI brings first enforcement action against a debt collector and debt buyer for violating the state’s Consumer Financial...

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Last week, the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (DFPI) brought its first enforcement action against a debt collector and debt buyer for violating the state’s Consumer Financial Protection Law...more

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CFPB Proposes Settlement with Debt Collector for Failing to Investigate Identity Theft Reports

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With the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, credit card companies may face increased scrutiny, as Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Acting Director Dave Uejio recently stated that "credit reports play a huge role in...more

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Vivint To Pay $20 Million FTC FCRA

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Vivint Smart Homes Inc., a smart home security and monitoring company with a financing program, must pay $20 million as a part of a settlement related to Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) allegations that the company violated...more

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Factually v. Legally Inaccurate Information, The Difference Matters: Court Rejects FCRA Claims Based on Disputed Legal Issue

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On January 21, 2021, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois granted TransUnion Data Solutions LLC’s (Trans Union) motion for judgment on the pleadings, denying Blue Sobenes’ (Sobenes) claims...more

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Debt Collector Enters into Consent Order with CFPB to Settle Alleged FDCPA and UDAAP Violations

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Last week, the CFPB announced that that it had entered into a consent order with an Illinois-based debt collection company. According to the settlement, the company’s business consists primarily of purchasing and then...more

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CFPB issues report on tradeline reporting by third-party debt collectors

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The CFPB has issued a new report on tradelines reported by third-party debt collectors as reflected on credit reports compiled by nationwide consumer reporting agencies.  The third-party collector tradelines consist of those...more

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Second Circuit, on Truncated Record, Holds Dispute Implicating Core Bankruptcy Proceeding Non-Arbitrable

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In a recent decision pitting the Bankruptcy Code against the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit held that a creditor could not compel arbitration of a debtor's class action claims...more

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Eleventh Circuit Weighs In on the FCRA’s Furnisher Investigation Requirement

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The 11th Circuit has clarified that the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) requires furnishers of credit information—like their credit reporting agency (CRA) counterparts—to conduct "reasonable" investigations of consumer...more

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State AG – Credit Bureaus Settlement: What Furnishers Need to Know - More than 30 state attorneys general reached a settlement...

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Last week, Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine issued a press release announcing the results of a multi-state investigation into the three national credit reporting agencies (CRAs) - Equifax Information Services LLC, Experian...more

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The Bankruptcy Discharge, Debt Buyers, and Credit Reporting: Recent Developments

Recent news stories by The New York Times and NPR have brought much attention to a question that many creditors likely face on a regular basis: When a debt is sold to a debt buyer prior to the debtor entering bankruptcy, what...more

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California District Court Certifies “Not Inherently Unascertainable” Consumer Class

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In addition to the explicit Rule 23(a) requirements of numerosity, commonality, typicality, and adequacy of representation, an implied prerequisite to certification is that the class must be sufficiently definite: that is,...more

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