Where the purchaser of a vehicle showed that he was tricked during credit discussions and won a default judgment of more than $100,000, he was awarded over $28,000 in attorneys’ fees and costs after proving the hours, rates and success ...

Tagged with: Consumer Protection Judge Theresa C. Buchanan U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where the plaintiff alleged that he suffered emotional distress after he was denied credit because a loan servicing provider inaccurately reported him as arrears on his mortgage, he alleged harm sufficient to establishing standing to sue for violations of the ...

Tagged with: Consumer Protection Judge David J. Novak U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where a lawyer settled unfair debt collection claims in 2010 and plaintiffs assert he has yet to pay the amount he was ordered to pay, his effort to vacate that settlement failed because his Rule 60(b)(1) motion was untimely, his ...

Tagged with: Consumer Protection Judge Robert E. Payne U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where defendants who provided a loan for the purchase of real property allegedly demanded attorneys’ fees before they became due under the promissory note, the plaintiff alleged a plausible claim under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, or FDCPA. Background ...

Tagged with: Consumer Protection Judge M. Hannah Lauck U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where the used car dealership concealed the terms of the financing relationship so it could acquire more money from a customer, it was liable for fraud. The customer was awarded $2,000 under the Truth in Lending Act, nearly $100,000 in ...

Tagged with: Consumer Protection Judge Liam O'Grady U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where the executive director of the Norfolk housing authority sent a letter to residents that attacked the plaintiffs’ motivations in filing a Fair Housing Act suit, a claim for unlawful coercion, intimidation, threat or interference under § 3617 of the ...

Tagged with: Consumer Protection Judge Roderick C. Young U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where a consumer brought a challenge against CMS officials in their individual capacities, alleging they violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act by authorizing robocalls, his lawsuit was in reality aimed against the federal government, to which sovereign immunity applied. Background ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Consumer Protection Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson III

Although the plaintiffs alleged the start/stop system is defective in all nonhybrid Audi models made between 2017-2020, their fraud claims against Volkswagen were dismissed because they failed to identify any information about the system that was suppressed or concealed. Instead, ...

Tagged with: Consumer Protection Judge Leonie M. Brinkema U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Although a former tenant asserting a wrongful eviction claim repeatedly referenced the landlord’s participation in the Low Income Housing Tax Credit, or LIHTC, program, his state-law claims did not turn on any embedded federal question, the complaint did not appear ...

Tagged with: Consumer Protection Judge Joel Hoppe U.S. District Court - Western District

Although the Fourth Circuit has not addressed whether a website can constitute a place of public accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act, and other circuits have reached differing conclusions, the court agreed that places of “public accommodation” are not ...

Tagged with: Consumer Protection Judge Glen E. Conrad U.S. District Court - Western District