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A Sign of Things to Come? FDCPA, FCRA, and TCPA Filings Increase in January 2022 Compared to Same Time Period Last Year

Troutman Sanders

Lawsuits under the FDCPA came in a close second, with 518 actions seeking relief under that act. Class actions made up roughly 11% of the total filings. This is almost a 14% increase when compared to the same time period one year ago, as well as when compared to December 2021.

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Second Circuit Rules Private Student Loans May Be Discharged in Bankruptcy

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Shortly after, the borrower reopened his bankruptcy case to file a putative class action adversary proceeding against the loan servicer for violating the discharge order. The district court disagreed, finding the text and structure of both Sections 523(a)(8) and § 523(a)(8)(A)(ii) exempt from discharge a far narrower category of debt.

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Bankruptcy Filings Increase Across All Chapters in First Quarter 2024

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major filing categories, according to data provided by Epiq Bankruptcy, the leading provider of U.S. major filing categories. Clients rely on Epiq to streamline the administration of business operations, class action and mass tort, court reporting, eDiscovery, regulatory, compliance, restructuring, and bankruptcy matters.

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Supreme Court Decision: TransUnion v. Ramirez

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Accordingly, the vast majority of the absent class members who could not prove that allegedly inaccurate credit reports were disseminated to any third party did not have standing to assert a claim under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). Ramirez filed a class action suit in California under the FCRA.

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Dental Plan Provider Petitions FCC for Clarification Regarding Renewal Calls

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DentalPlans is currently facing a TCPA class action in the District Court of Maryland after the plaintiff allegedly received repeated calls from DentalPlans seeking a renewal of the plaintiff’s plan. 47 U.S.C. § Act of 1991 , 21 F.C.C.R 3787, 3812(F.C.C.,

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Florida TCPA Action Survives Motion To Dismiss

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In a recent Florida putative class action, Pariseau v. Early in the decision, the court reviewed relevant caselaw and determined that text messages under these facts , fall within the category of a “telephone call” under the law. Klein, 29 August 2022. The court noted, “several decisions .

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US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen Discusses Digitization of the American Economy; States Digital Asset Regulation Should Be “Tech Neutral”

Troutman Sanders

Today, many working-class Americans remain dependent upon intermediaries, such as check cashers and payday lenders, to obtain swift access to their paychecks in exchange for large processing fees to avoid the up to two-day processing time of banks. dollar, to escape the volatility associated with the broader digital asset market.

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