In the wake of Supreme Court Jus­tice Antonin Scalia’s death, many pundits debated his impact on hot-button issues like affirmative action, the Second Amendment, and same-sex marriage. But largely absent from this dialogue was a discussion on the area of ...

Tagged with: Consumer Protection U.S. Supreme Court

A couple who bought a yacht in Wisconsin and sailed it to Virginia can go back to court on their claims for fraud under the Virginia Consumer Protection Act, the Virginia Supreme Court said on March 24. Buyers Richard and ...

Tagged with: Consumer Protection Fairfax County Circuit Court Supreme Court of Virginia

Plaintiffs who allege defendant added in­terest to a purported outstanding balance for unpaid residential rent can sue defen­dant for violations of the Fair Debt Col­lection Practices Act; the Alexandria U.S. District Court denies defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiffs’ claim that ...

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

The Roanoke U.S. District Court says an independent insurance agent is required to arbitrate her claim that defendants violated the Fair Credit Reporting Act by reporting that she owed defendant insurance company $4,741.81 for a negative bond account for policies ...

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

Plaintiffs who allege they were denied employment on allegedly inaccurate and incomplete criminal histories supplied by defendant CoreLogic National Background Data LLC (NBD), which provides customers access to a database of criminal record information, can try their claim that defendant ...

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

In plaintiff’s suit alleging defendant debt collection agency violated the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act by sending her dunning letters in Spanish, which she could not read, an Alexandria U.S. District Court denies plaintiff’s motion for class certification. Discovery has ...

Tagged with: Consumer Protection Judge James C. Cacheris U.S. District Court - Eastern District

In plaintiffs’ proposed class action suit alleging defendant Corelogic National Background Data LLC’s use of criminal background checks violated the Fair Credit Reporting Act, defendant cannot strike as undisclosed expert witnesses two employees of McGladrey LLP who offer lay testimony ...

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

A payday lender’s loan servicing agent cannot enforce an arbitration clause in this putative class action filed by a payday-loan borrower, and the 4th Circuit reverses the district court order compelling arbitration; the servicing agent seeks to deploy arbitration to ...

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

A Shenandoah County lawyer hopes to try the nation’s first Volkswagen “clean diesel” fraud case in Virginia this summer. If the case is tried, it will not be in a federal courthouse or a big-city circuit court. A small district ...

Tagged with: Consumer Protection Judge Michael Joseph Cassidy

A law firm that sent a collection letter to plaintiffs for alleged delinquent homeowner association assessments faces claims under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act that the firm falsely represented the amount and legal status of the debt, failed to ...

Tagged with: Consumer Protection Judge Gerald Bruce Lee U.S. District Court - Eastern District