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2024 Year in Review: Major US Supreme Court and Appellate Cases

Goodwin on 3/17/2025

Welcome to the “Major US Supreme Court and Appellate Cases” chapter of our annual report, Consumer Financial Services: 2024 Year in Review. The Supreme Court continues to take a close look at major administrative law...more

FTC Enforcement Trends in Consumer Protection Under the Biden Administration

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 12/18/2023

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC or the Commission) has continued aggressive regulation in the consumer protection space under the Biden administration. This persistent approach has occurred even in the face of recent...more

Industry Groups Weigh in Before the U.S. Supreme Court on FCRA Preemption Issue

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck on 12/23/2022

Multiple financial services industry trade associations submitted arguments to the U.S. Supreme Court this week supporting the Consumer Data Industry Association’s (“CDIA”) petition for review of whether the Fair Credit...more

Eleventh Circuit orders en banc rehearing in Hunstein

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 11/23/2021

On November 17, a majority of the active judges of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit issued an order sua sponte to rehear Hunstein v. Preferred Collection and Management Services, Inc., en banc. The order...more

Consumer Law Hinsights – September 2020

Hinshaw & Culbertson - Consumer Financial... on 10/3/2020

Consumer Law Hinsights is a monthly compilation of nationwide consumer protection cases of interest to financial services and accounts receivable management companies. This edition also highlights the recently updated 50...more

Consumer Law Hinsights – July 2020

Hinshaw & Culbertson - Consumer Financial... on 8/4/2020

Welcome to Consumer Law Hinsights?a monthly compilation of nationwide consumer protection cases of interest to financial services and accounts receivable management companies. This edition highlights our interactive COVID-19...more

Caveat Emptor: Debt Buyers Beware!

Perkins Coie on 3/21/2019

Companies whose primary business purpose is to collect debts—whether or not they actually participate in the debt collection activities—suffered a setback recently. Despite a debt purchaser’s not having any direct contact...more

Good News for Revenue Cycle Management Companies - Recent Supreme Court Decision on the Scope of the Fair Debt Collection...

Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel, P.C. on 6/26/2017

The U.S. Supreme Court, in its June 12, 2017, decision, Henson v. Santander Consumer USA, Inc., resolves and clarifies key questions with respect to the applicability of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act ("FDCPA") in a...more

Defaulted Debt Buyer Does Not Collect Debts “Due Another” Under FDCPA, SCOTUS Rules

Ballard Spahr LLP on 6/15/2017

The U.S. Supreme Court has unanimously ruled that a purchaser of defaulted debt did not qualify as a debt collector under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) because it did not collect debts "due another", but...more

Supreme Court: Debt Buyers Collecting Debts That They Own Are Not "Debt Collectors" Under FDCPA

Burr & Forman on 6/14/2017

On June 12, 2017, the Supreme Court in Henson v. Santander Consumer USA Inc. unanimously held that a debt buyer is not a “debt collector” as defined by the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (“FDCPA”) if it is regularly...more

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