SCOTUS Holds Unaccepted Offer of Judgment Does Not Moot Class Actions
The Supreme Court of the United States recently held that a class action defendant cannot “pick off” the named plaintiff and thereby render the case moot by simply offering full relief by way of...
View Article4th Cir. Confirms Entity Is Not FDCPA ‘Debt Collector’ Merely Because It...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit recently held that the fact that a debt is in default at the time it is purchased by a third party does not necessarily make that third party a “debt...
View ArticleDC Circuit Holds Bank Has Standing to Challenge CFPB Constitutionality But...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit recently held that a bank has standing to challenge the constitutionality of the federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the...
View ArticleND Calif. Rejects TCPA Claim, Holds ‘Human Intervention’ Precluded ATDS
The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California recently held that a web-based platform used to send text messages was not an automatic telephone dialing system (ATDS) under the federal...
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