In our Consumer Finance Compass series, Balch’s Jason Tompkins offers a preview of his upcoming presentation for the Association of Credit & Collection Professionals (ACA) Convention 2025, titled “Class Action Lawsuits in...more
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
In this episode of Consumer Finance Compass, Balch’s Jason Tompkins, partner in Balch & Bingham’s Consumer Finance Compliance & Defense Practice, explores the Seventh Circuit’s new decision ruling that the disclosure of...more
11/9/2023
/ Debt Collectors ,
FDCPA ,
Injury-in-Fact ,
Intrusion Upon Seclusion ,
Invasion of Privacy ,
Personal Information ,
Public Disclosure ,
Standing ,
Third-Party ,
Unauthorized Disclosure ,
Vendors
In early November, we wrote about a new Eleventh Circuit decision on Article III standing law which directly held that it was not enough to allege a statutory violation and instead there must be a concrete injury to sustain...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