We have posted several new topics to the Consumer Financial Services Law Monitor blog throughout the month of March. To read further, click on the titles below:
Debt Buyers & Collectors
- Debt Collection Complaints Top List of FTC's Annual Report Regarding Consumer Complaints
- California Federal Judge Dismisses TCPA Claim, Holds Express Consent Passed from Creditor to Collector
- CFPB Releases Annual FDCPA Report
Background Screening
- FCRA's Standalone Disclosure Requirement Leads to Another Class Action
- California District Court Joins Growing List of Courts Staying FCRA Class Action Lawsuits Pending Spokeo
- FCRA Class Action Against Dave & Buster's Voluntarily Dismissed
State Attorneys General, CFPB & FTC
- FTC Looks to Purchased Search Terms in Deceptive Advertising Complaints
- FTC Commissioner Brill to Resign
- FTC Warns of Bogus Payday Loan Debts
Cyber Security, Information Governance & Privacy
- House Democrats Join Senate Colleagues With Introduction of Identical HANGUP Act
- Stolen Laptop Leads to $3.9 Million Settlement for HIPAA Violations
Credit Reporting & Data Brokers
- Supreme Court Declines Review of "Ascertainability" Issues
- California Federal Court Joins Others in Staying Putative FCRA Class Action Pending Spokeo Decision
Upcoming Events
- April 7: ABA Business Law Section Spring Meeting
- April 7: American Conference Institute's 25th National Forum on Consumer Finance Class Action & Litigation
- April 13: ACI Blockchain & Distributed Ledger Technology Conference
- April 17-19: Consero Financial Services & Insurance Litigation Forum
- April 27: Complimentary Webinar on FCRA Class Actions
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