The Florida Consumer Collection Practices Act (FCCPA) – Florida's state-law version of the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) – has long been the subject of consumer protection lawsuits, including, in recent...more
Florida's Fourth District Court of Appeal issued on May 8, 2024, its much-anticipated new opinion on the lender's motion for rehearing in Ronald Desbrunes v. U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee, which affirms the final...more
In 2021, the Florida Legislature took drastic action in amending the Florida Telephone Solicitation Act (FTSA) to make the statute more consumer-friendly after the United States Supreme Court's landmark decision in Facebook...more
On June 2, 2022, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed HB 7027, creating Chapter 2022-163, Laws of Florida, which established the Sixth District Court of Appeal (DCA) – Florida's first new appellate court since the creation of...more
The Florida Legislature has voted in support of CS/HB 677, which will create a new subsection of the Florida Evidence Code on the subject of judicial notice. Specifically, when it goes into effect on July 1, 2022, Section...more
In an opinion issued on December 31, 2020, the Florida Supreme Court resolved a certified conflict between several of the Florida appellate courts as to whether borrowers who prevail on an argument that the lender lacked...more