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South Carolina high court will no longer rule on debt collector case

On April 30, the South Carolina Supreme Court reversed course by declining to issue a ruling on debt-collection practices. The state high court issued an order dismissing the case, ruling that a writ of certiorari was...more

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Florida Appeals Court Decisions Week of February 3 - 7, 2025

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U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals - Daniels v. Fla Fish & Wildlife - fishing regulations, constitutional challenges, standing - Glover v. Ocwen Loan Serv - FDCPA, mortgage payment fees - Rosado v. Sec’y US Navy...more

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Taking the Case: SCOTUS to Decide Constitutionality of CFPB

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Today, the Supreme Court of the United States granted the petitions for writs of certiorari filed in CFPB et. al. v. Com. Fin. Services Assn., where a panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled...more

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Wiley Consumer Protection Download (January 24, 2022)

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Welcome to Wiley’s update on recent developments and what’s next in consumer protection at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC). In this newsletter, we analyze recent regulatory...more

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SCOTUS Upholds TCPA but Strikes Government Debt Collection Exception

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The Telephone Consumer Protection Act ("TCPA") has been the subject of significant class and consumer litigation risk exposure for many industries, including financial institutions. In a July 6 ruling, the United States...more

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Supreme Court Strikes Down Government-Backed Debt Exception; TCPA Stands

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Earlier today the Supreme Court released its decision in Barr v. Political Consultants, a case which attempted to end the TCPA as we know it.  Instead, the Court struck down a narrow exception to the TCPA, known as the...more

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Supreme Court leaves TCPA intact; strikes down exception for government debt collection

The Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) remains in place, but the exception permitting robocalls for government debt collection has fallen, in a decision by the US Supreme Court addressing the constitutionality of the...more

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To Sever or Not to Sever: Supreme Court Grapples With Political Consultants’ First Amendment TCPA Challenge

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Seyfarth Synopsis: On May 6, 2020, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments on a First Amendment challenge to a 2015 amendment to the TCPA, which exempted calls regarding debts owed to the government from certain of its...more

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Supreme Court Debates Whether to Flush TCPA’s Autodialer Restriction During Barr v. AAPC Oral Argument

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It seems that the oral argument in Barr, Attorney General v. American Association of Political Consultants, Inc. may become better known for the toilet flush that could be heard in the course of the argument, rather than the...more

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Duran v. La Boom Disco: It Is Time For SCOTUS To Decide The ATDS Issue

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Those of us who have been litigating the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”) have spent the better part of the last decade trying to determine what constitutes an automated telephone dialing system (“ATDS”).  ...more

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Supreme Court Grants Certiorari To Review Fourth Circuit’s TCPA Decision

On January 10, 2020, the Supreme Court granted certiorari to review the Fourth Circuit’s decision to strike the Telephone Consumer Protection Act’s (TCPA) “government-debt exemption.” See Am. Ass’n of Political Consultants,...more

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Supreme Court Agrees to Review TCPA’s Constitutionality

The U.S. Supreme Court has granted certiorari to review whether a 2015 amendment to the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) violates the First Amendment and/or if it perhaps renders the statute unconstitutional as a...more

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Supreme Court to Review the Constitutionality of the Government-Backed Debt Exception to the TCPA

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The TCPA is off to an exciting start this new year. On Friday, January 10, 2020, the Supreme Court granted the Petition for Certiorari filed in Barr v. American Association of Political Consultants Inc., to review the...more

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SCOTUS agrees to decide whether TCPA exception for calls to collect government debts violates First Amendment

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The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether the Telephone Consumer Protection Act’s exception from its automated call restriction for calls to collect government debts violates the First Amendment of the U.S....more

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SCOTUS Set to Decide whether FDCPA’s Statute of Limitations is Tolled by “Discovery Rule”

The FDCPA requires that any lawsuit must be brought, if at all, “within one year from the date on which the violation” of the act occurs. 15 U.S.C. § 1692k(d). The US Supreme Court will hear argument this month in Rotkiske v....more

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BizLitNews SCOTUS watch: Rotkiske v. Klemm and whether the “discovery rule” applies to FDCPA’s one-year limitations period.

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We are keeping an eye on Rotkiske v. Klemm, which is currently pending at the U.S. Supreme Court. This case will likely resolve a circuit split on whether the “discovery rule” applies to toll the one-year statute of...more

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Statutory Text or Discovery Rule? SCOTUS to weigh in on Rotkiske v. Klemm

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Recently, the Supreme Court of the United States granted certiorari in the matter of Rotkiske v. Klemm. At issue is whether the discovery rule tolls the statute of limitations under the Fair Debt Collections Practices Act...more

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Supreme Court to Resolve Circuit Split on FDCPA Statute of Limitations

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The U.S. Supreme Court recently granted certiorari to resolve a split among the federal circuit courts of appeal as to when the statute of limitations begins to run for the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act. The Supreme...more

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Supreme Court to Hear Appeal on FDCPA Statute of Limitations

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On February 25, 2019, the United States Supreme Court accepted appeal from the Third Circuit’s decision in Rotkiske v. Klemm et al., No. 16-1668 (3d Cir. May 15, 2018). The Court is now primed to answer whether the Fair Debt...more

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Supreme Court Grants Certiorari in Case That Could Increase FDCPA Litigation

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The U.S. Supreme Court on Feb. 25, 2019, granted certiorari in a Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) case involving a legal issue that could dramatically expand the scope of FDCPA liability. The case, Rotkiske v....more

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Time Stops For No One: The Supreme Court Addresses Timeliness Issues in Two Separate Class Cases

The U.S. Supreme Court suddenly seems to have a little time on its hands. Or at least on its mind. In two different class action cases on its docket this week, the question at hand was timeliness....more

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP

U.S. Supreme Court Agrees to Resolve Circuit Split on When the Limitations Period for FDCPA Claims Should Start

As we predicted last year, the United States Supreme Court earlier this week granted Plaintiff's petition for certiorari in Rotkiske v. Klemm to resolve a split in the circuits on whether the statute of limitations for a Fair...more

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The Supreme Court - February 25, 2019

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Today, the Supreme Court issued one decision: Yovino v. Rizo, No. 18-272: Eleven days after Judge Stephen Reinhardt passed away, the Ninth Circuit filed an en banc decision listing Judge Reinhardt as the author of the...more

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U.S. Supreme Court to Decide Whether Discovery Rule Applies to FDCPA Claims

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The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to resolve a circuit court split over whether the one-year statute of limitations (SOL) in the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) runs from the date of the alleged violation or starts...more

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CFPB files SCOTUS amicus brief; argues FDCPA does not apply to non-judicial foreclosure proceedings

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The CFPB has filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court in support of the respondent/law firm defendant in Obduskey v. McCarthy & Holthus LLP, et al....more

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