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On July 14, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) secured a court order aimed at halting allegedly deceptive practices against seven companies and three individuals operating the “Accelerated Debt” program. The defendants...more
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
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
Happy Monday everyone! The Baroness here. Lets talk about something important. If you haven’t read the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent opinion in McLaughlin Chriopractric v. McKesson, you may want to do so now. It’s a very very...more
One of the most unfair rules in American jurisprudence is the one holding individuals personally liable under the TCPA for actions they take as part of their employment. In almost every setting in the law if you do something...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
The FTC has recently taken action against two student loan debt relief companies and their owners....more
On June 2, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued a decisive ruling in a case involving allegations that certain debt-relief service providers illegally collected advance fees in violation of the...more
On March 13, in a response to a court’s request for additional briefing, the CFPB requested a federal judge to levy $43 million in fines and restitution against the owner of a debt-relief company. The court previously issued...more
Here are curated AG and federal regulatory news stories highlighting key areas in which state and federal regulators’ decisions are having an impact across the US: •Wisconsin Shows Timeshare Exit Company the Exit - ...more
On April 26, the FTC and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania announced that the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania recently entered an order permanently banning a debt collection firm and two associated...more
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is taking action against Stratics Networks, a company that allegedly provided the technology for telemarketers to make tens of millions of illegal robocalls. The company's services were used...more
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (D.C. Circuit) recently denied a petition to review a 2020 Federal Communications Commission (FCC) order that permitted callers to place commercial...more
Each month, we host a 30-minute webinar outlining the month's key announcements and takeaways from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) for financial services providers to consider. In this month's article, we...more
Kelley Drye’s Communications Practice Group presents this tracker of active Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”) petitions before the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”). With the recent increase in litigation...more
On March 30, 2020, the American Bankers Association (“ABA”) and several other associations of banks and credit unions (together, “petitioners”) effectively asked the FCC to exempt all COVID-related calls and texts to...more
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has issued a Declaratory Ruling providing guidance (Guidance) on the implementation of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 (TCPA) as COVID-19 continues to necessitate...more
On March 3, the Third Circuit upheld the Eastern District of Pennsylvania’s judgment in favor of a repeat player in TCPA litigation, concluding that the plaintiff had standing to sue because the calls in question went to his...more