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WebRecon’s latest June 2025 report continues to reveal a general rise in the consumer complaint and litigation landscape based on year-to-date (YTD) figures. Since May 2025, Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) litigation...more
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
Over the past few years, we’ve seen a wave of consumer lawsuits filed under Florida’s Consumer Collection Practices Act (FCCPA), many of them alleging violations of the law’s “quiet hours” provision based solely on the timing...more
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
TCPA insurance used to be very difficult to come by but slowly carriers are starting to write policies to protect companies from TCPA liability. Most of the policies are low limit high deductible affairs– $1MM is the max that...more
WebRecon's April 2025 report presents an intriguing mix of data in the consumer complaints and litigation landscape. Despite a downturn in April's case filings compared to March of this year, the year-to-date (YTD) statistics...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....more
The Third Circuit Court of Appeals recently affirmed the district court’s decision to dismiss a putative class action against a collection company on the grounds that the plaintiff lacked standing to sue under the Fair Debt...more
On May 16, Governor Ron DeSantis signed bill CS/CS/SB 232 into law. The bill includes modifications to the Florida Consumer Collection Practices Act (FCCPA) to make clear that the prohibition on communications between “9...more
The Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) has been a notoriously active area for litigation, especially class-action litigation, in recent years. One issue that continues to be litigated in FCRA cases involving data furnisher...more
The Florida Legislature unanimously approved Senate Bill (SB) 232 on April 29, 2025, to update and clarify the Florida Consumer Collections Practices Act (FCCPA) by removing email communications from the list of prohibited...more
On April 4, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit issued an opinion reversing in part a lower court’s dismissal. The district court dismissed a plaintiff’s (an individual) complaint against a mortgage loan servicer...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. ...more
On February 24, 2025, the Eastern District of Virginia granted summary judgment in favor of Defendant LoanCare, LLC, on a putative class action alleging that LoanCare violated fair debt collection provisions of the West...more
On March 11, a class action lawsuit was filed in the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas against a financial technology company offering cash advances up to $200 through a lending app. The lawsuit alleged the company...more
As a result of recent amendments to the West Virginia Consumer Credit and Protection Act (“WVCCPA”), consumers in West Virginia have begun using the West Virginia Collection Agency Act (“WVCAA”) as a basis to file class...more
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
For decades, consumer protection has led to copious amounts of litigation in West Virginia. In the past several years, the types of lawsuits filed under the debt collection provisions of the West Virginia Consumer Credit and...more