Robocalling, Debt Collection, Financial Services Industry

Troutman Pepper Locke Weekly Consumer Financial Services Newsletter – May 2025

Troutman Pepper Locke on 5/7/2025

To keep you informed of recent activities, below are several of the most significant federal and state events that have influenced the Consumer Financial Services industry over the past week....more

Consumer Law Hinsights – October 2020

Hinshaw & Culbertson - Consumer Financial... on 11/4/2020

CFPB Issues Final Debt Collection Rule - Among other points, the first installment allows for using text messaging and email when collecting on debts, provided that the debt collector gives instructions about how to...more

CA and NY governors propose expansion of state consumer financial protection regimes

Ballard Spahr LLP on 1/13/2020

The governors of California and New York have both proposed to expand the authority of their respective state’s consumer financial services regulator. Both governors have framed their proposals as a response to what they...more

As Courts Grapple With The Severability of The Federal Debt-Collection Exemption, SCOTUS Is Asked to Resolve The Issue

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP on 10/18/2019

The 2016 amendments to the TCPA—which created an exemption for calls that are made “solely to collect a debt owed to or guaranteed by the United States”—have inadvertently reshaped the way that TCPA claims are litigated....more

Despite Holding the TCPA’s Government Debt Exemption is Unconstitutional, the District of Massachusetts Permits Class Claims to...

Pierce Atwood LLP on 10/2/2019

On September 24, 2019, the District of Massachusetts held in Katz v. Liberty Power Corp., LLC that the government debt collection exemption to the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”), 47 U.S.C. §§ 227 et seq., is an...more

Ninth Circuit Dials Back Robocall Exemption for Government Debt

Carlton Fields on 6/27/2019

The Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) has long banned certain people from spamming your cellphone with “robocalls” placed through automated dialers. But this ban did not extend to all types of robocalls. If the call...more

It’s all So Clear Now: When Asked a Second Time Court Makes Sure to Clarify that the TCPA Still Applies to Debt Collection Calls

Womble Bond Dickinson on 10/10/2018

There’s nothing wrong with pushing your luck, in theory. But once in a while luck pushes back. A few weeks back Ocwen obtained an almost-great ruling in Wilfredo Gonzalez v. Ocwen Loan Servicing, Case No:...more

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