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A class action is a type of legal action where a representative individual or group of individuals can bring a claim on behalf of a larger group or class who share a common legal interest.
Pierce Atwood LLP

First Circuit Revives Privacy Class Action Based on Injury and Predominance

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This summer, the First Circuit revived a privacy class action based on debt collection practices. In Nightingale v National Grid USA Service Company, the district court granted summary judgment in favor of the defendants and...more

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District court dismisses FDCPA class action for lack of standing (UPDATE)

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Recently, the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey granted defendant debt collectors’ motion to dismiss a FDCPA class action without prejudice. In 2016, the defendants obtained the plaintiff’s credit card debt...more

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Classified Monthly: A Roundup of Class Action Decisions From Federal Appellate Courts - February 2024

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The Roundup is a monthly publication that covers the previous month’s notable class action decisions from federal appellate courts, as well as notable Supreme Court cert petitions related to class actions....more

Tucker Arensberg, P.C.

Third Circuit: Consumer Does Not Have Standing to Raise FDCPA Challenge to Debt Collection Agency’s Disclosure of Private...

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In Barclift v. Keystone Credit Services, LLC, the Philadelphia-based United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit determined that a Consumer did not have standing to sue under Fair Debt Collection Practices Act...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Seventh Circuit rules $3.95 in postage spent by plaintiff to respond to second validation notice sufficient to establish FDCPA...

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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit has ruled that a plaintiff in a putative class action had standing to assert FDCPA claims against the purchaser of her debt and the purchaser’s servicer based on the $3.95 she...more

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8th Circuit reverses debt collection action for lack of standing

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On February 24, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit vacated and remanded the dismissal of a class action lawsuit concerning a medical collection letter that listed amounts due but did not distinguish between the...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

3rd Circuit Ruling On Bar Codes Has Implications For Debt Collectors

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A recent decision in the 3rd Circuit should prompt debt collectors to review their inclusion of viewable bar codes, QR codes or other technologies when sending debt collection letters. In the wake of Hunstein v....more

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Supreme Court Agrees To Review The Constitutionality of the TCPA

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Given how often TCPA cases are filed—and how often they push the envelope of the statute’s scope and the courts’ jurisdiction—it should come as no surprise that the Supreme Court is often asked to bring some sanity to the...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Third Circuit: FDCPA Class Plaintiff who Received QR-Coded Envelope from Debt Collector had Standing Under Spokeo

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In a precedential opinion, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit concluded that a plaintiff in a class action complaint had Article III standing and was properly awarded summary judgment when a debt collector sent...more

Locke Lord LLP

Debt Collectors Lose Another Northern District of Illinois FDCPA Class Action

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On March 14, 2018, Judge Jorge Alonso of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois issued a lengthy opinion in McMahon v. LVNV Funding, LLC, 12 C 1410, 2018 WL 1316736, granting summary judgment...more

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Magistrate Judge Had Authority To Enter Final Judgment Without Consent Of Absent Class Members But Abused Discretion In Approving...

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The Ninth Circuit held that a magistrate judge was not required to obtain the consent of absent class members to approve a settlement in a Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) case and to enter a final judgment after...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

TCPA Connect - May 2016

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BREAKING: SCOTUS Rules on Spokeo, Significant Implications for TCPA Cases - The Supreme Court of the United States ruled yesterday in Spokeo, Inc. v. Robins that a plaintiff must show an injury in fact before pursuing a...more

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