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The questions and situations that judges must decide on a daily basis can be fascinating. Case in point — when the Supreme Court ruled that an exemption which had existed for five years in the Telephone Consumer Protection Act that allowed the use of automated telephone dialing systems when contacting …

While the number of lawsuits against companies in the accounts receivable management industry continued to decline, the individuals who are filing more than one lawsuit is on the rise, according to data released recently by WebRecon. The number of suits alleging violations of the Fair Credit Reporting Act, the Fair …

Thanks to Eric Troutman at TCPAWorld.com for noticing this first … A collector that appealed a $267 million ruling against it in a Telephone Consumer Protection Act case has notified the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals that it has reached a settlement with the plaintiff. Details of the settlement were …

Two different Courts of Appeal — the Seventh and Ninth Circuits — each issued rulings in separate Telephone Consumer Protection Act cases yesterday. In the case of the Ninth Circuit, it issued separate rulings on two different cases. Here are summaries of each. Loyhayem v. Fraser Financial and Insurance Services …

A class-action lawsuit has been filed against Harley-Davidson Financial Services, accusing the lender of violating the Telephone Consumer Protection Act and the Illinois Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act because it allegedly contacted the plaintiff on her cell phone after she had revoked consent to be contacted. A copy …

A District Court judge in New Jersey has granted a credit card company’s petition to confirm an arbitration award in the amount of $286,064.62 against an individual who had accused the company of violating the Telephone Consumer Protection Act by placing hundreds of debt collection calls to his phone without …

Consumers were in the mood to complain and sue in June, according to data released recently by WebRecon. The number of complaints filed by individuals with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the number of lawsuits alleging violations of the Fair Credit Reporting Act, Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, and …

A District Court judge in Michigan has dismissed class-action claims made by a plaintiff that debt collection calls made by a creditor to a consumer’s cell phone without consent in an attempt to reach the plaintiff’s brother violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act because the equipment used by the defendant …

A District Court judge in Oregon has granted a defendant’s motion to deny class certification in a Telephone Consumer Protection Act case, ruling that the question of whether the number that was called by the defendant was a business or residential number makes it unclear whether or not the plaintiff …

A petition has been filed with the Federal Communications Commission seeking to clarify whether a ringless voicemail constitutes a call under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act’s prohibitions against using an automated telephone dialing system to contact an individual on his or her cell phone without first having consent to do …