Statutory Damages

Burr Alert: Blowing The Cap Off Statutory Damages Under The FCCPA?: An Analysis Of Kahmeyer v. Federal Credit Corporation

by John Chiles, Kristin Peters | Burr & Forman on 4/15/2013

In Kahmeyer v. Federal Credit Corporation, the 13th Judicial Circuit in Hillsborough County, Florida released an opinion that has given new life to the argument that each violation of the Florida Consumer Collection Practices...more

Bill Prohibiting Discrimination Against The Homeless Proposed In California

by Beth P. Zoller | XpertHR - Partnered with LexisNexis on 1/24/2013

The Homeless Person's Bill of Rights and Fairness Act recently proposed in the California Legislature would provide broad protections to homeless individuals with respect to employment, housing, health services, etc., and...more

Four Words the Fair Credit Reporting Act Has Class Action Plaintiffs and Their Lawyers Repeating: “Show Me The Money!”

by Nathan Schacht | BakerHostetler on 1/21/2013

Over the past few years, the Fair Credit Reporting Act (“FCRA”), the federal law mandating, among other things, procedures and reporting requirements employers must follow when conducting background checks through a third...more

Privacy Class Actions: Year-in-Review

by Erica Gann Kitaev | BakerHostetler on 1/7/2013

During 2012, privacy class actions continued to trend toward two major categories: 1) actions that arose out of a data breach event and 2) actions brought to prosecute an alleged consumer privacy right....more

Will the Supreme Court Review Copyright Damages in Music Downloading Case?

by Michael P. Boudett | Foley Hoag LLP - Trademark, Copyright &... on 12/24/2012

Like Joel Tenenbaum, who has been discussed in prior entries in this blog, Jammie Thomas-Rasset has conducted a long-running battle with the recording industry over how much damages she should pay for her downloading...more

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Burr Alert: Blowing The Cap Off Statutory Damages Under The FCCPA?: An Analysis Of Kahmeyer v. Federal Credit Corporation

Bill Prohibiting Discrimination Against The Homeless Proposed In California

Four Words the Fair Credit Reporting Act Has Class Action Plaintiffs and Their Lawyers Repeating: “Show Me The Money!”

Privacy Class Actions: Year-in-Review

Will the Supreme Court Review Copyright Damages in Music Downloading Case?

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