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CFC How Standing Can Make or Break Certification - (TRANSCRIPT)

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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

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Eleventh Circuit Holds a Showing of Actual Damages Is Not Required to Recover Statutory Damages Under the FCRA

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In Santos v. Healthcare Recovery Group, LLC, Plaintiffs Omar Santos and Amanda Clements sued Experian for allegedly willfully violating the FCRA by failing to follow reasonable procedures to ensure the accurate preparation of...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Eleventh Circuit rules consumers can recover statutory damages for willful FCRA violations without proving actual damages

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Joining every other circuit to address the same issue, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit recently ruled that a consumer does not have to prove actual damages to recover statutory damages for willful...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Using Expert Witnesses in FCRA Cases - FCRA Focus

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Please join Troutman Pepper Partner Dave Gettings and colleagues Tim St. George and Jessica Lohr as they discuss the use of expert witnesses in FCRA cases. During this episode the team covers a multitude of relevant topics,...more

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Ninth Circuit Clarifies Standing Requirements for Damages Classes

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In a decision that will have repercussions for consumer false advertising lawsuits, a Ninth Circuit panel recently ruled in a Fair Credit Reporting Act (“FCRA”) case that all class members must have standing at the trial...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

The Class Action Chronicle - Fall 2015

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This is the ninth edition of The Class Action Chronicle, a quarterly publication that provides an analysis of recent class action trends, along with a summary of class certification and Class Action Fairness Act rulings...more

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