Delivered in digestible, insightful bites, McGlinchey’s Litigation Byte is a monthly roundup of financial services decisions and cases nationwide that impact your business....more
1/3/2025
/ Appellate Courts ,
Billing Errors ,
CARD Act ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Consumer Financial Products ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Consumer Protection Laws ,
Credit Cards ,
Credit Reporting Agencies ,
Credit Reports ,
Debt Collection ,
Do Not Call List ,
Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) ,
FDCPA ,
Fee Caps ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Foreclosure ,
Jurisdiction ,
Late Fees ,
New York ,
Pro Se Litigants ,
Retroactive Application ,
Statute of Limitations ,
TCPA ,
Time-Barred Claims
On December 4, 2024, the Appellate Division, Second Department affirmed the trial court’s retroactive application of the Foreclosure Abuse Prevention Act (FAPA) to dismiss the re-commenced foreclosure action as time-barred...more
On December 16, 2024, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York dismissed claims against a credit reporting agency for violations of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) and joined the United...more
On December 4, 2024, the United States District Court for the Western District of New York, as a matter of first impression, denied pro se plaintiff’s motion to remand claims against a national bank for violations of the...more
Yesterday, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) finalized its “Rule on Unfair or Deceptive Fees” (Junk Fees Rule) designed, the FTC noted, to prohibit bait-and-switch pricing and mandate clear and conspicuous price disclosures...more
12/19/2024
/ Advertising ,
Biden Administration ,
Carve Out Provisions ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Event Tickets ,
Excessive Fees ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Fees ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Hidden Fees
On December 6, 2024, federal courts in the United States Second Circuit issued a pair of decisions clarifying that borrowers must identify a concrete injury caused by the dissemination of inaccurate information to establish...more
On December 6, 2024, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas denied a motion by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to dissolve a preliminary injunction that had enjoined its Credit...more
A recent opinion from a federal court in North Carolina emphasizes how difficult it is to succeed on a motion to dismiss a lawsuit arising under the FCRA. Rejecting a challenge to a plaintiff’s standing and the timeliness of...more
12/6/2024
/ Arbitration ,
Arbitration Agreements ,
Delegation Clauses ,
Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) ,
FDCPA ,
Federal Arbitration Act ,
Foreclosure ,
Mediation ,
Mortgage Servicers ,
Motion to Dismiss ,
Pro Se Litigants ,
Truth in Lending Act (TILA) ,
Willful Violations
Recently, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a district court’s decision finding a delegation clause in an arbitration agreement to be both procedurally and substantively unconscionable and, moreover, that...more
11/26/2024
/ Anticompetitive Behavior ,
Arbitration ,
Arbitration Agreements ,
CA Supreme Court ,
Class Action ,
Delegation Clauses ,
Event Tickets ,
Federal Arbitration Act ,
Sherman Act ,
Ticketmaster ,
Unconscionable Contracts
Former President Donald Trump emphatically won a second term in office, and with his election, sweeping changes appear in store for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau). While President-elect Trump did...more
Delivered in digestible, insightful bites, McGlinchey’s Litigation Byte is a monthly roundup of financial services decisions and cases nationwide that impact your business.
4th Circuit Holds Rental Applicant Lacks Standing...more
11/1/2024
/ Abusive Acts ,
Arbitration ,
Arbitration Agreements ,
Debt Collection ,
Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) ,
FDCPA ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Injury-in-Fact ,
Jurisdiction ,
Landlords ,
Mortgage Lenders ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
SCOTUS ,
Subject Matter Jurisdiction ,
TCPA ,
Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) ,
Unsolicited Faxes
In Beard, the buyers under a retail installment sales contract filed claims against the car dealership they purchased the vehicle from and the indirect auto finance company that ultimately financed the purchase. In response,...more
On September 19, 2024, the District Court for the Eastern District of New York dismissed claims against the mortgage lender, its mortgage servicer, and credit reporting agencies under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), 15...more
10/17/2024
/ Collateral ,
Consumer Financial Products ,
Credit Reports ,
Debtors ,
Defamation ,
Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Loan Repayment Issues ,
Mortgage Lenders ,
Mortgages ,
Promissory Notes
On September 30, 2024, the District Court for the Eastern District of New York denied dismissal of plaintiff-tenant’s claim against her landlord’s counsel for abusive collection practices in violations of the Fair Debt...more
For the second time in five years, the U.S. Supreme Court will decide a case that arises out of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act’s (TCPA) ban on the sending of unsolicited faxes. On Friday, October 3, 2024, the Court...more
Court Finds Mass Arbitration Bellwether and Delegation Provisions Unconscionable -
The district court for the Northern District of California recently denied a defendant’s motion to compel arbitration and, in so ruling,...more
9/27/2024
/ Arbitration ,
Arbitration Agreements ,
Attorney's Fees ,
Bellwether Verdicts ,
Debt Collection ,
Discovery ,
Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) ,
FDCPA ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Motion to Compel ,
Online Gaming ,
Regulation Z ,
TCPA ,
Truth in Lending Act (TILA)
The district court for the Northern District of California recently denied a defendant’s motion to compel arbitration and, in so ruling, found that a bellwether provision related to mass arbitrations was unconscionable. Avia...more
The Litigation Byte is the new name and format for McGlinchey’s Commercial Law Bulletin. Our new format reflects McGlinchey’s national coverage and our expanded footprint while still serving up the digestible, insightful...more
8/30/2024
/ Abusive Acts ,
Action to Quiet Title ,
Credit Reporting Agencies ,
Credit Reports ,
Defamation ,
Experian ,
Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) ,
Foreclosure ,
Maryland ,
OH Supreme Court ,
Pro Se Litigants ,
Standing ,
TCPA ,
Time-Barred Claims ,
TX Supreme Court ,
Written Consent
In a hotly contested decision, a plurality of the Ohio Supreme Court held for the first time that a claim for defamation is subject to the discovery rule, greatly expanding the potential for businesses and individuals to find...more
In July 2024, the United States Court for the District of Massachusetts dismissed a pro se litigant’s claims against Experian Information Services LLC (Experian), TransUnion LLC (TransUnion), and Equifax Information...more
On July 31, 2024, the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division: Second Department reversed the trial court’s denial of borrowers’ motion to dismiss a foreclosure action filed prior to the enactment of the Foreclosure Abuse...more
The recent decision in Serafine v. Crump by the Supreme Court of Texas primarily revolves around the interpretation of what constitutes “litigation” under Texas law, particularly in the context of determining whether someone...more
On July 31, 2024, the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division: Second Department affirmed the dismissal of a quiet title action, which sought to discharge a mortgage as time-barred under the Foreclosure Abuse Prevention...more
On July 10, 2024, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) proposed a rule it says will streamline mortgage servicing and the loss mitigation process. If enacted, the proposed rule would significantly revise...more
The Litigation Byte is the new name and format for McGlinchey’s Commercial Law Bulletin. Our new format reflects McGlinchey’s national coverage and our expanded footprint while still serving up the digestible, insightful...more
8/5/2024
/ Administrative Procedure Act ,
Cell Phones ,
Chevron Deference ,
Creditors ,
FDCPA ,
Foreclosure ,
Loper Bright Enterprises v Raimondo ,
Mortgage Lenders ,
Promissory Notes ,
SCOTUS ,
Statutory Interpretation ,
TCPA ,
Truth in Lending Act (TILA)