Tag Archives: Supreme Court

A petition has been submitted to the Supreme Court to hear arguments in a Telephone Consumer Protection Act case that determined incentive awards for named plaintiffs are unlawful. A copy of the petition in the matter of Johnson v. Dickenson can be accessed by clicking here. More than two years …

The Supreme Court yesterday denied a petition to hear arguments in a Telephone Consumer Protection Act case that sought to overturn an Appeals Court ruling issued last year over whether the entire statute was unenforceable because it contained a provision for five years that was found to be unconstitutional. The …

The Supreme Court yesterday shut down the mandate from the federal government that employers with more than 100 employees must institute a mandate for workers to either get vaccinated against COVID-19 or be tested every week saying the government overstepped its authority in having the Occupational Safety and Health Administration …

The Supreme Court today issued its ruling in TransUnion v. Ramirez, ruling that every member of a class must have Article III standing in order to be eligible to recover damages, dealing a blow to class-action plaintiffs across the country. This particular ruling is being seen as a reinforcement of …

Democrats in Congress are moving fast to restore the Federal Trade Commission’s ability to seek monetary redress in court, following a unanimous Supreme Court ruling last week that determined Congress did not intend to give the regulator the power to seek injunctions. H.R.2668, the Consumer Protection and Relief Act, was …

A credit reporting agency has filed its brief with the Supreme Court as it seeks to have a class of plaintiffs decertified in a Fair Credit Reporting Act case that will answer the question of whether every member of a class must have Article III standing in order to recover …

The Supreme Court yesterday heard arguments in a case that seeks to define what constitutes a “debt collector” under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, in relation to whether law firms engaging in non-judicial disclosures meet the definition under the statute. Published reports indicated that the eight justices who heard …

The Supreme Court will hear arguments next week in a case that seeks to determine whether non-judicial foreclosures quality as debt collection activities and therefore should be regulated by the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act. The case — Obduskey v. McCarthy & Holthus LLP — is on appeal from the …

Another judge has come out and said she thinks the leadership structure of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection is unconstitutional. While not exactly a man-bites-dog kind of development, it could set the stage for the Supreme Court to ultimately be asked to weigh in and issue a final thumbs …