Class actions are on the rise. Is your business ready to protect itself? Hi, I'm Jason Tompkins, a member of Balch's Consumer Finance Compliance and Defense Practice. Debt collectors are frequent targets of class actions...more
7/16/2025
/ Class Action ,
Class Certification ,
Consumer Financial Products ,
Consumer Protection Laws ,
Damages ,
Debt Collection ,
Debt Collectors ,
Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) ,
FDCPA ,
Litigation Strategies ,
Standing ,
Telemarketing ,
TransUnion LLC v Ramirez
Welcome to Balch's Consumer Finance Compass, where we navigate the complex regulatory sphere that is consumer finance. I'm Jason Tompkins, partner in the Consumer Finance Compliance and Defense Practice. Today we'll explore...more
In this episode of Consumer Finance Compass, Balch’s Jason Tompkins, partner in Balch & Bingham’s Consumer Finance Compliance & Defense Practice, explores the decision from the U.S. District Court for the District of Maine in...more
Welcome to Balch's Consumer Finance Compass, where we'll navigate the complex regulatory sphere that is consumer finance. I'm Jason Tompkins, chair of the firm's Issues and Appeals Practice and member of the Consumer Finance...more
10/9/2023
/ Consumer Financial Products ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Consumer Lenders ,
Credit Bureaus ,
Credit Reports ,
Creditors ,
Debt Collectors ,
Documentation ,
Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Identity Theft ,
Investigations
The Eleventh Circuit recently weighed in on a common practice—reporting debts subject to bankruptcy. In the process of so doing, the opinion in Losch v. Nationtar Mortgage LLC provided litigants some key insights in Fair...more
In Pozzuolo v. Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC, the Eastern District of Pennsylvania recently dismissed the named plaintiff of a putative class action for lack of standing to bring suit. ...more