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Mortgage origination giant Quicken is stuck in a putative TCPA class action after a Court refused to dismiss ATDS allegations--this is true although district courts in the Sixth Circuit Court…

Earlier this week, in Murray v. Grocery Delivery E-Services United States, CIVIL ACTION NO. 19-12608-WGY, 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 87805 (D. Mass. May 19, 2020), a district court in Massachusetts…

­­­­­­­What is behavioral data really? And where does it stand in relation to the FCRA? In this recent ruling out of the Central District of California, Tailford v. Experian Info.…

In an odd turn of events, a plaintiff brings a putative class action for alleged violations of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (“FCRA”) but later claims that she has not…

In a recent single-plaintiff federal case in the Northern District of Georgia[1] alleging violations of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (the “FCRA”), the court helpfully explored the contours of what…

As noted earlier, a 1,815-page House bill has just been introduced that affords $3 trillion in relief to consumers and businesses impacted by COVID 19.  The bill (official title: the…

A TCPA defendant faces the prospect of a nationwide class action of thousands of individuals seeking to recover (collectively) millions of dollars in statutory fines, attorneys' fees, and interest.  To…

In Denan v. Trans Union LLC, 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 14930 (7th Cir. May 11, 2020), the Seventh Circuit joined the First, Ninth and Tenth Circuits in holding that the…

The Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (“BIPA”) went into effect in 2008 and since then has been heavily litigated in state and federal court.  There has been an emerging divide…

It has been nearly three years since the Second Circuit Court of Appeals decided Reyes v. Lincoln Automotive Financial Services, 861 F. 3d 51(2nd Cir. 2017)--a neat and tidy ruling…

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…

In January 2020, Jacovetti Law, P.C., a law firm in Pennsylvania, filed a lawsuit against prolific TCPA filer, Blake Shelton, and his company Final Verdict Solutions, for allegedly inducing companies…

Today, the federal court for the Southern District of Florida dropped a paperless order in Doyle v. Florida Health Solution, Corp. 1:19-cv-24013-DPG.  The Defendant filed a motion to dismiss or…

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…

  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…

The saga builds! To summarize our previous coverage: Navient has turned the tables and sued a plaintiff firm – The Lohman law firm - for allegedly coaching clients to bilk…

Chase Bank has marked its territory in TCPAWorld.com!  Last year, Chase was sued in New Jersey for alleged auto-dialer violations. Chase answered by asserting an unclean hands defense.  Chase pursued…

Last year a $267 million dollar judgment was entered in Perez v. Rash Curtis & Assocs., Case No. 4:16-cv-03396-YGR, 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 68161, (N.D. Cal. April 17, 2020) against…