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Katy is a senior litigation associate at Squire Patton Boggs. She specializes in complex litigation and government investigations to include consumer and privacy litigation and data breach investigations. She first honed her consumer law acumen as a Marine Corps attorney where she was responsible for advising servicemembers about their various rights under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, the Truth in Lending Act, the Fair Debt Collections Practices Act, and the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act. After fourteen years on active duty, Katy transitioned to private practice at Squire Patton Boggs where she now defends global companies in high-stakes litigation and internal investigations.
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Mixed Message: Supreme Court Holds Government-Backed Debt Exemption Invalid But Also Finds TCPA Doesn’t Apply to Government at All

7 Jul 20208 Jul 2020
Isn’t it ironic?  In Barr, the Supreme Court held the 2015 government-backed debt exemption unconstitutional, yet in footnote 1 of the decision the Court emphasized that “[t]he robocall restriction applies…
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[FCRA] Collector Tries to Avoid FCRA Claim By Contending it was an Arm of the State of Missouri — it Did not Go Well.

11 May 2020
In Perkins v. MOHELA, 5:19-cv-01281-FB-HJB (W.D. Texas), Ms. Kanita Perkins sued Missouri Higher Education Loan Authority (“MOHELA”) and a handful of other defendants for violating the Fair Credit Reporting Act…
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[FCRA] ALERT! Consumers Can Check Credit Reports Weekly For Free

11 May 202011 May 2020
In case you missed it, the big-3 Credit Reporting Agencies (Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion) issued a “joint action” that they are now offering free weekly credit reports to all Americans…
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[FCRA] Employers Beware: Ninth Circuit Precedent Leads to Easy FCRA Disclosure Class Certification Win

4 May 2020
Employers beware.  Last week, a class certification win in Bebault v. DMG Mori USA, Inc., No. 18-cv-02373-JD, 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 75538 (N.D. Cal. Apr. 29, 2020) reminds employers how…
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[FCRA] BEWARE FCRA Dangers: Court Awards $400k in Attorneys’ Fees to Plaintiff After Trial Win—But Defendant Avoids Potential $165MM in Punitive Damages

1 May 20204 May 2020
FCRA cases can be dangerous. Potentially deadly. Especially when the FCRA plaintiff's counsel pros get a hold of you.One defendant recently found that out the hard way in a suit…
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[FCRA] Unfair Attack?: 23 State AGs Blast CFPB’s COVID-19 FCRA Response—But is the Criticism Justified?

29 Apr 20201 May 2020
A coalition of 23 attorneys general are upset with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”). Really upset. On April 1, 2020, the CFPB issued a policy statement that it intended to relax…
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[FCRA] THIS IS BIG– Fifth Circuit Agrees that a Furnisher Does Not Have to Go Beyond ACDV in Reinvestigation

28 Apr 202028 Apr 2020
  EDITOR’S NOTE: SQUIRE PATTON BOGGS WILL SOON BE LAUNCHING A NEW FAST-PACED AND EXCITING BLOG EXPANDING BEYOND TCPA TO SHOWCASE ITS TREMENDOUS DEPTH IN ISSUES OF FCRA, BIPA, CCPA…
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[FCRA] Split Personalities: Government Immune From FCRA Suit, Maybe Not?

22 Apr 202022 Apr 2020
EDITOR’S NOTE: SQUIRE PATTON BOGGS WILL SOON BE LAUNCHING A NEW FAST-PACED AND EXCITING BLOG EXPANDING BEYOND TCPA TO SHOWCASE ITS TREMENDOUS DEPTH IN ISSUES OF FCRA, BIPA, CCPA AND…
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[FCRA] Hassel – A Defense Roadmap for Furnisher Victory

17 Apr 202018 Apr 2020
  EDITOR’S NOTE: SQUIRE PATTON BOGGS WILL SOON BE LAUNCHING A NEW FAST-PACED AND EXCITING BLOG EXPANDING BEYOND TCPA TO SHOWCASE ITS TREMENDOUS DEPTH IN ISSUES OF FCRA, BIPA, CCPA…
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[FCRA] No Solace for the Solis’s: Empty FCRA Allegation Ends in Dismissal

14 Apr 202014 Apr 2020
EDITOR'S NOTE: SQUIRE PATTON BOGGS WILL SOON BE LAUNCHING A NEW FAST-PACED AND EXCITING BLOG EXPANDING BEYOND TCPA TO SHOWCASE ITS TREMENDOUS DEPTH IN ISSUES OF FCRA, BIPA, CCPA AND…

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