Consumer Financial Services Law
JUNE 27, 2017
The CFPB has issued its monthly complaint report. The report is a high level snapshot of trends in consumer complaints. The report traditionally provides a summary of the volume of complaints by product category, by company and by state. This month, however, the Report has taken a new view- one based upon a state by state analysis and new national statistics.
Consumer Financial Services Law
JUNE 7, 2017
The Fourth Circuit recently examined the issue of Article III standing in the context of the FDCPA. In Ben-Davies v. Blibaum & Associates, P.A., 2017 U.S. App. LEXIS 9667 (4 th Cir. June 1, 2017), the consumer sought to assert an FDCPA claim against a law firm, contending that the law firm attempted to collect a debt arising out of a state court judgment by demanding payment of an incorrect sum based on the calculation of an interest rate not authorized by law.
Consumer Financial Services Law
JUNE 1, 2017
By Alexa Cannon A Michigan district court recently weighed in on the availability of vicarious liability for violations of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (the “TCPA”). In Kern v. VIP Travel Servs. , the plaintiffs received several dozen telephone calls from United Shuttle Alliance Transportation Corp. (“USA”). Kern v. VIP Travel Servs. , 2017 U.S.
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