According to a recent report by WebRecon, court filings under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA), and Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), and complaints filed with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) were all down for the month of June. Still, year-to-date everything is up compared to 2023.
WebRecon reports the overall statistics for consumer litigation in June as follows:
- 496 FCRA cases were filed, representing a 9.2% decrease from May;
- 302 FDCPA cases were filed, representing a 32.1% decrease from May;
- 151 TCPA cases filed, representing a 7.4% decrease from May; and
- 10,836 complaints filed with the CFPB, representing a 13.7% decrease from May.
Filings are still up in all categories compared to January 1 to June 30, 2023 (FCRA +21.1%, FDCPA +15.4%, TCPA +8.6%, CFPB +87.3%).
