APPEALS COURT RULES PULLING CREDIT REPORT WITHOUT PERMISSIBLE PURPOSE CONFERS STANDING TO SUE
- The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed a lower court’s decision that obtaining an individual’s credit report without a permissible purpose is enough under Article III of the Constitution to confer standing to file a lawsuit, even if the plaintiff is not able to allege a nefarious reason for doing so.
APPEALS COURT DENIES EN BANC HEARING REQUEST IN TCPA STANDING CASE
- The Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit has denied a request for an en banc hearing in the case of Salcedo v. Hanna, in which it was ruled the receipt of a single text message was not enough to violate the Telephone Consumer Protection Act.
LEXISNEXIS RISK SOLUTIONS PUBLISHES REPORT ON FIRST-PARTY COLLECTIONS
- LexisNexis Risk Solutions has released its first ever report on the state of collections within the first-party credit market. In developing its report, LexisNexis Risk Solutions spoke with 20 different first-party collectors, including 16 different financial institutions and four credit unions.
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