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CFPB takes action against company that provides commissary account services to prisoners

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The CFPB has taken action against Global Tel Link Corporation (GTL) over allegations that the company took millions of dollars from a half-million accounts and blocked money transfers to consumers who are incarcerated. Those...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Global Tel Link Fined $3 Million for Alleged Unfair Practices Related to Payment Accounts for Incarcerated Persons

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On November 14, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) filed a significant consent order against Global Tel Link Corporation (GTL), a company that provides communication and financial services to...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Unprecedented: COVID-19 Litigation Trends - Issue 16, 2020

This 16th edition of Unprecedented, our weekly update on COVID-19-related litigation, discusses claims ranging from insurance coverage disputes to prisoners’ rights. The top story this week, however, is undoubtedly a Michigan...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

The REAL Trending Litigation Topics Regarding COVID-19: Week of April 5

First wrongful death lawsuit from COVID-19 filed against employer.   Despite Walmart taking extensive measures to protect "associates and customers, including additional cleaning measures, installing sneeze guards at...more

Maynard Nexsen

Interesting and Useful Cases in Torts and Insurance - December 2017 and January 2018 in the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals

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Nexsen Pruet attorney Marc Manos, a member of the SC Bar Torts and Insurance Practice Section Council, sheds light on a few recent cases from the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, focused in the area of Torts & Insurance. ...more

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