There were about 409 lawsuits filed under consumer statutes in the first half of July. Here is an approximate breakdown:

• 393 Fair Debt Collection Practices Act
• 47 Fair Credit Reporting Act
• 11 Telephone Consumer Protection Act
• 18 Truth In Lending Act
• 1 Bankruptcy Related
• 1 Credit Repair Organizations Act
• 2 Driver’s Privacy Protection Act
• 6 Electronic Fund Transfers Act
• 1 Home Ownership And Equity Protection Act
• 1 Personal Injury
• 2 State of Alabama Consumer Statutes
• 28 State of California Consumer Statutes
• 4 State of Connecticut Consumer Statutes
• 9 State of Florida Consumer Statutes
• 3 State of Georgia Consumer Statutes
• 1 State of Iowa Consumer Statutes
• 2 State of Michigan Consumer Statutes
• 1 State of New York Consumer Statutes
• 2 State of Pennsylvania Consumer Statutes
• 1 State of South Carolina Consumer Statutes
• 2 State of Texas Consumer Statutes
• 4 State of West Virginia Consumer Statutes
• 11 Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act
• 1 Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act

Summary:

• Of those cases, there were about 434 unique plaintiffs (including multiple plaintiffs in one suit).
• Of those plaintiffs, about 122 had sued under consumer statutes before.
• Combined, those 122 plaintiffs have filed about 851 lawsuits since 2001
• Actions were filed in 109 different US District Court branches.
• About 389 different collection firms and creditors were sued.

The top courts where lawsuits were filed:

• 24 Lawsuits: Illinois Northern District Court – Chicago
• 21 Lawsuits: Minnesota District Court – DMN
• 20 Lawsuits: Colorado District Court – Denver
• 20 Lawsuits: Florida Southern District Court – Fort Lauderdale
• 16 Lawsuits: Pennsylvania Eastern District Court – Philadelphia
• 15 Lawsuits: California Central District Court – Western Division – Los Angeles
• 12 Lawsuits: Florida Southern District Court – Miami
• 12 Lawsuits: Indiana Southern District Court – Indianapolis
• 11 Lawsuits: Georgia Northern District Court – Atlanta
• 10 Lawsuits: Michigan Eastern District Court – Detroit

The most active consumer attorneys were:

• Representing 20 Consumers: Brent F. Vullings
• Representing 18 Consumers: Jack Dennis Card, Jr
• Representing 15 Consumers: Michael S Agruss
• Representing 15 Consumers: Sergei Lemberg
• Representing 13 Consumers: David M. Marco
• Representing 12 Consumers: Donald A. Yarbrough
• Representing 12 Consumers: Todd Michael Friedman
• Representing 10  Consumers: Joshua R. Trigstead
• Representing 10  Consumers: Mark L. Vavreck
• Representing 8  Consumers: Nicholas J. Bontrager

Statistics Year to Date:

6194 total lawsuits for 2010, including:

• 5823 FDCPA
• 642 FCRA
• 47  TCPA
• 312  TILA (Truth in Lending Act)

Number of unique Plaintiffs: 6051 (including multiple plaintiffs in one suit)

The most active consumer attorneys of the year:

• Representing 202 Consumers: Sergei Lemberg
• Representing 189 Consumers: Brent F. Vullings
• Representing 150 Consumers: David Michael Larson
• Representing 145 Consumers: Todd Michael Friedman
• Representing 139 Consumers: Ryan Scott Lee

There were about 490 lawsuits filed under consumer statutes in the second half of June. Here is an approximate breakdown:

• 416 Fair Debt Collection Practices Act
• 44 Fair Credit Reporting Act
• 8 Telephone Consumer Protection Act
• 16 Truth In Lending Act
• 1 Credit Repair Organizations Act
• 1 Electronic Fund Transfers Act
• 4 State of California Consumer Statutes
• 1 State of Illinois Consumer Statutes
• 1 State of New York Consumer Statutes
• 2 State of North Carolina Consumer Statutes
• 1 State of Ohio Consumer Statutes
• 8 Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act
• 1 Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act

Summary:

• Of those cases, there were about 515 unique plaintiffs (including multiple plaintiffs in one suit).
• Of those plaintiffs, about 147 had sued under consumer statutes before.
• Combined, those 147 plaintiffs have filed about 930 lawsuits since 2001
• Actions were filed in 108 different US District Court branches.
• About 471 different collection firms and creditors were sued.

The top courts where lawsuits were filed:

• 35 Lawsuits: Colorado District Court – Denver
• 29 Lawsuits: Illinois Northern District Court – Chicago
• 28 Lawsuits: California Central District Court – Los Angeles
• 16 Lawsuits: Texas Southern District Court – Houston
• 14 Lawsuits: California Southern District Court – San Diego
• 14 Lawsuits: New York Eastern District Court – Central Islip
• 14 Lawsuits: Florida Southern District Court – Fort Lauderdale
• 14 Lawsuits: Connecticut District Court – New Haven
• 13 Lawsuits: Pennsylvania Eastern District Court – Philadelphia
• 13 Lawsuits: Nevada District Court – Las Vegas

The most active consumer attorneys were:

• Representing 23 Consumers: Lara Ruth Shapiro
• Representing 18 Consumers: Todd Michael Friedman
• Representing 15 Consumers: Sergei Lemberg
• Representing 14 Consumers: Dianne E. Zarlengo
• Representing 14 Consumers: Jack Dennis Card, Jr
• Representing 13 Consumers: Diana P. Larson
• Representing 11 Consumers: Abraham Kleinman
• Representing 11  Consumers: Donald A. Yarbrough
• Representing 10  Consumers: Dennis R. Kurz
• Representing 9  Consumers: David J. Philipps

Statistics Year to Date:

5789 total lawsuits for 2010, including:

• 4933 FDCPA
• 509 FCRA
• 29  TCPA
• 205  TILA (Truth in Lending Act)

Number of unique Plaintiffs: 5676 (including multiple plaintiffs in one suit)

The most active consumer attorneys of the year:

• Representing 187 Consumers: Sergei Lemberg
• Representing 167 Consumers: Brent F. Vullings
• Representing 137 Consumers: David Michael Larson
• Representing 133 Consumers: Todd Michael Friedman
• Representing 132 Consumers: Ryan Scott Lee

• 406 Fair Debt Collection Practices Act
• 42 Fair Credit Reporting Act
• 4 Telephone Consumer Protection Act
• 19 Truth In Lending Act
• 1 Bankruptcy Related
• 4 Equal Credit Opportunity Act
• 2 Electronic Fund Transfers Act
• 1 Home Ownership And Equity Protection Act
• 4 State of California Consumer Statutes
• 1 State of Florida Consumer Statutes
• 6 State of Maryland Consumer Statutes
• 7 Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act
• 2 Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act

Summary:

• Of those cases, there were about 500 unique plaintiffs (including multiple plaintiffs in one suit).
• Of those plaintiffs, about 181 had sued under consumer statutes before.
• Combined, those 181 plaintiffs have filed about 1015 lawsuits since 2001
• Actions were filed in 103 different US District Court branches.
• About 452 different collection firms and creditors were sued.

The top courts where lawsuits were filed:

• 31 Lawsuits: Illinois Northern District Court – Chicago
• 27 Lawsuits: California Central District Court – Western Division – Los Angeles
• 27 Lawsuits: Pennsylvania Eastern District Court – Philadelphia
• 22 Lawsuits: New York Eastern District Court – Central Islip
• 17 Lawsuits: Colorado District Court – Denver
• 16 Lawsuits: Minnesota District Court - DMN
• 15 Lawsuits: Connecticut District Court – New Haven
• 14 Lawsuits: California Northern District Court – San Francisco
• 14 Lawsuits: Georgia Northern District Court – Atlanta
• 13 Lawsuits: Pennsylvania Middle District Court – Harrisburg

The most active consumer attorneys were:

• Representing 19 Consumers: Brent F. Vullings
• Representing 16 Consumers: Donald A. Yarbrough
• Representing 15 Consumers: Adam Jon Fishbein
• Representing 13 Consumers: Sergei Lemberg
• Representing 12 Consumers: Craig Thor Kimmel
• Representing 11 Consumers: Bernard Thomas Kennedy
• Representing 11 Consumers: David Michael Larson
• Representing 11  Consumers: Lara Ruth Shapiro
• Representing 10  Consumers: John Cole Gayle, Jr.
• Representing 10  Consumers: James Marvin Feagle

Statistics Year to Date:

4808 total lawsuits for 2010, including:

• 4099 FDCPA
• 419 FCRA
• 16  TCPA
• 172  TILA (Truth in Lending Act)

Number of unique Plaintiffs: 4733 (including multiple plaintiffs in one suit)

The most active consumer attorneys of the year:

• Representing 147 Consumers: Sergei Lemberg
• Representing 144 Consumers: Brent F. Vullings
• Representing 120 Consumers: Ryan Scott Lee
• Representing 120 Consumers: David Michael Larson
• Representing 110 Consumers: Todd Michael Friedman

There were about 495 lawsuits filed under consumer statutes in the first half of May. Here is an approximate breakdown:

• 434 Fair Debt Collection Practices Act
• 37 Fair Credit Reporting Act
• 3 Telephone Consumer Protection Act
• 14 Truth In Lending Act
• 1 Bankruptcy Related
• 4 Electronic Fund Transfers Act
• 1 Home Ownership And Equity Protection Act
• 2 Personal Injury
• 4 State of California Consumer Statutes
• 1 District Of Columbia Consumer Statutes
• 1 State of Illinois Consumer Statutes
• 1 State of West Virginia Consumer Statutes
• 3 Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act
• 1 Right to Financial Privacy Act

Summary:

• Of those cases, there were about 510 unique plaintiffs (including multiple plaintiffs in one suit).
• Of those plaintiffs, about 195 had sued under consumer statutes before.
• Combined, those 195 plaintiffs have filed about 1117 lawsuits since 2001
• Actions were filed in 109 different US District Court branches.
• About 425 different collection firms and creditors were sued.

The top courts where lawsuits were filed:

• 27 Lawsuits: Illinois Northern District Court – Chicago
• 23 Lawsuits: Pennsylvania Eastern District Court – Philadelphia
• 22 Lawsuits: California Central District Court – Western Division – Los Angeles
• 21 Lawsuits: Georgia Northern District Court – Atlanta
• 19 Lawsuits: Florida Southern District Court – Fort Lauderdale
• 19 Lawsuits: New York Eastern District Court – Brooklyn
• 15 Lawsuits: Colorado District Court – Denver
• 14 Lawsuits: New York Eastern District Court – Central Islip
• 13 Lawsuits: Minnesota District Court - DMN
• 12 Lawsuits: New Jersey District Court - Newark

The most active consumer attorneys were:

• Representing 29 Consumers: Donald A. Yarbrough
• Representing 19 Consumers: Sergei Lemberg
• Representing 17 Consumers: Adam Jon Fishbein
• Representing 15 Consumers: Jennifer M. Kurtz
• Representing 13 Consumers: James Marvin Feagle
• Representing 13 Consumers: David J. Philipps
• Representing 13 Consumers: Brent F. Vullings
• Representing 12  Consumers: Jody B. Burton
• Representing 12  Consumers: David Michael Larson
• Representing 11  Consumers: Todd Michael Friedman

Statistics Year to Date:

4340 total lawsuits for 2010, including:

• 3701 FDCPA
• 377 FCRA
• 12  TCPA
• 153  TILA (Truth in Lending Act)

Number of unique Plaintiffs: 4306 (including multiple plaintiffs in one suit)

The most active consumer attorneys of the year:

• Representing 134 Consumers: Sergei Lemberg
• Representing 125 Consumers: Brent F. Vullings
• Representing 114 Consumers: Ryan Scott Lee
• Representing 109 Consumers: David Michael Larson
• Representing 107 Consumers: Todd Michael Friedman

There were about 556 lawsuits filed under consumer statutes in the second half of April. Here is an approximate breakdown:

• 483 Fair Debt Collection Practices Act
• 41 Fair Credit Reporting Act
• 1 Telephone Consumer Protection Act
• 13 Truth In Lending Act
• 1 Credit Repair Organizations Act
• 11 Electronic Fund Transfers Act
• 1 Federal Trade Commission Act
• 2 Home Ownership And Equity Protection Act
• 7 State of California Consumer Statutes
• 1 State of Florida Consumer Statutes
• 1 State of Hawaii Consumer Statutes
• 1 State of Maryland Consumer Statutes
• 2 State of West Virginia Consumer Statutes
• 5 Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act

Summary:

• Of those cases, there were about 566 unique plaintiffs (including multiple plaintiffs in one suit).
• Of those plaintiffs, about 169 had sued under consumer statutes before.
• Combined, those 169 plaintiffs have filed about 1000 lawsuits since 2001
• Actions were filed in 110 different US District Court branches.
• About 489 different collection firms and creditors were sued.

The top courts where lawsuits were filed:

• 43 Lawsuits: California Central District Court – Western Division – Los Angeles
• 33 Lawsuits: New York Eastern District Court – Brooklyn
• 32 Lawsuits: Minnesota District Court - DMN
• 28 Lawsuits: Illinois Northern District Court – Chicago
• 23 Lawsuits: Pennsylvania Eastern District Court – Philadelphia
• 21 Lawsuits: Colorado District Court – Denver
• 19 Lawsuits: Indiana Southern District Court – Indianapolis
• 18 Lawsuits: Florida Southern District Court – Fort Lauderdale
• 15 Lawsuits: New York Western District Court – Buffalo
• 14 Lawsuits: New York Eastern District Court – Central Islip

The most active consumer attorneys were:

• Representing 29 Consumers: Adam Jon Fishbein
• Representing 25 Consumers: Sergei Lemberg
• Representing 20 Consumers: Brent F. Vullings
• Representing 18 Consumers: Todd Michael Friedman
• Representing 18 Consumers: Donald A. Yarbrough
• Representing 17 Consumers: Mark L. Vavreck
• Representing 16 Consumers: David Michael Larson
• Representing 14  Consumers: James D. Pacitti
• Representing 14  Consumers: Craig Thor Kimmel
• Representing 10  Consumers: Thomas J. Lyons Jr.

Statistics Year to Date:

3825 total lawsuits for 2010, including:

• 3262 FDCPA
• 340 FCRA
• 9  TCPA
• 139  TILA (Truth in Lending Act)

Number of unique Plaintiffs: 3842 (including multiple plaintiffs in one suit)

The most active consumer attorneys of the year:

• Representing 115 Consumers: Sergei Lemberg
• Representing 112 Consumers: Brent F. Vullings
• Representing 103 Consumers: Ryan Scott Lee
• Representing 97 Consumers: David Michael Larson
• Representing 96 Consumers: Todd Michael Friedman

WebRecon CEO Jack Gordon is contacted to provide some balance to the story, along with ACA CEO Rozanne Andersen.

See the full story here: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/24/business/24collection.html?emc=eta1

There were about 459 lawsuits filed under consumer statutes in the first half of April. Here is an approximate breakdown:

• 381 Fair Debt Collection Practices Act
• 44 Fair Credit Reporting Act
• 26 Truth In Lending Act
• 2 Equal Credit Opportunity Act
• 2 Electronic Fund Transfers Act
• 1 Fair Credit Billing Act
• 1 Federal Trade Commission Act
• 1 Higher Education Opportunity Act
• 4 Home Ownership And Equity Protection Act
• 1 Personal Injury
• 7 State of California Consumer Statutes
• 2 State of Maryland Consumer Statutes
• 2 State of Virginia Consumer Statutes
• 4 State of West Virginia Consumer Statutes
• 4 Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act
• 1 Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act
• 1 Securities Exchange Act

Summary:

• Of those cases, there were about 496 unique plaintiffs (including multiple plaintiffs in one suit).
• Of those plaintiffs, about 127 had sued under consumer statutes before.
• Combined, those 127 plaintiffs have filed about 786 lawsuits since 2001
• Actions were filed in 123 different US District Court branches.
• About 525 different collection firms and creditors were sued.

The top courts where lawsuits were filed:

• 27 Lawsuits: California Central District Court – Western Division – Los Angeles
• 26 Lawsuits: Illinois Northern District Court – Chicago
• 19 Lawsuits: Minnesota District Court - DMN
• 15 Lawsuits: New York Western District Court – Buffalo
• 14 Lawsuits: Pennsylvania Eastern District Court – Philadelphia
• 13 Lawsuits: Colorado District Court – Denver
• 13 Lawsuits: California Southern District Court – San Diego
• 12 Lawsuits: Florida Southern District Court – Fort Lauderdale
• 12 Lawsuits: Florida Middle District Court – Tampa
• 10 Lawsuits: Maryland District Court – Baltimore

The most active consumer attorneys were:

• Representing 18 Consumers: Donald A. Yarbrough
• Representing 15 Consumers: Craig Thor Kimmel
• Representing 13 Consumers: Lara Ruth Shapiro
• Representing 11 Consumers: James D. Pacitti
• Representing 11 Consumers: David M. Marco
• Representing 10 Consumers: Robert T. Healey, Jr.
• Representing 10 Consumers: Todd Michael Friedman
• Representing 9  Consumers: Sergei Lemberg
• Representing 9  Consumers: Adam Theodore Hill
• Representing 9  Consumers: Brent F. Vullings

Statistics Year to Date:

3273 total lawsuits for 2010, including:

• 2782 FDCPA
• 299 FCRA
• 8  TCPA
• 127  TILA (Truth in Lending Act)

Number of unique Plaintiffs: 3330 (including multiple plaintiffs in one suit)

The most active consumer attorneys of the year:

• Representing 97 Consumers: Ryan Scott Lee
• Representing 92 Consumers: Brent F. Vullings
• Representing 90 Consumers: Matthew William Kiverts
• Representing 90 Consumers: Sergei Lemberg
• Representing 81 Consumers: David Michael Larson

Grand Rapids, MI (April 7, 2010) – The following statistics are provided to the ARM industry courtesy of WebRecon LLC.

FDCPA and Other Consumer Rights Lawsuit Statistics, Mar 16-31, 2010

There were about 545 lawsuits filed under consumer statutes in the second half of March. Here is an approximate breakdown:

• 476 Fair Debt Collection Practices Act
• 42 Fair Credit Reporting Act
• 17 Truth In Lending Act
• 2 Equal Credit Opportunity Act
• 2 Electronic Fund Transfers Act
• 1 Higher Education Opportunity Act
• 1 Home Ownership And Equity Protection Act
• 2 Internal Revenue Code
• 1 Personal Injury
• 2 State of California Consumer Statutes
• 1 State of Florida Consumer Statutes
• 1 State of Maryland Consumer Statutes
• 1 State of New York Consumer Statutes
• 1 State of Ohio Consumer Statutes
• 1 State of Vermont Consumer Statutes
• 2 State of West Virginia Consumer Statutes
• 3 Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act

Summary:

• Of those cases, there were about 588 unique plaintiffs (including multiple plaintiffs in one suit).
• Of those plaintiffs, about 172 had sued under consumer statutes before.
• Combined, those 172 plaintiffs have filed about 1045 lawsuits since 2001
• Actions were filed in 111 different US District Court branches.
• About 525 different collection firms and creditors were sued.

The top courts where lawsuits were filed:

• 36 Lawsuits: Illinois Northern District Court – Chicago
• 30 Lawsuits: Colorado District Court – Denver
• 28 Lawsuits: Minnesota District Court – DMN
• 25 Lawsuits: Pennsylvania Eastern District Court – Philadelphia
• 25 Lawsuits: Georgia Northern District Court – Atlanta
• 24 Lawsuits: California Central District Court – Western Division – Los Angeles
• 20 Lawsuits: New York Western District Court – Buffalo
• 15 Lawsuits: New York Eastern District Court – Brooklyn
• 13 Lawsuits: New York Eastern District Court – Central Islip
• 12 Lawsuits: California Northern District Court – San Francisco

The most active consumer attorneys were:

• Representing 23 Consumers: Sergei Lemberg
• Representing 21 Consumers: Brent F. Vullings
• Representing 20 Consumers: David Michael Larson
• Representing 17 Consumers: Todd Michael Friedman
• Representing 17 Consumers: James D. Pacitti
• Representing 17 Consumers: James Marvin Feagle
• Representing 16 Consumers: Craig Thor Kimmel
• Representing 15  Consumers: Adam Jon Fishbein
• Representing 15  Consumers: Nicholas J. Bontrager
• Representing 13  Consumers: Jon N. Robbins

Statistics Year to Date:

2816 total lawsuits for 2010, including:

• 2403 FDCPA
• 255 FCRA
• 8  TCPA
• 101  TILA (Truth in Lending Act)

Number of unique Plaintiffs: 2869 (including multiple plaintiffs in one suit)

The most active consumer attorneys of the year:

• Representing 92 Consumers: Ryan Scott Lee
• Representing 90 Consumers: Matthew William Kiverts
• Representing 90 Consumers: Brent F. Vullings
• Representing 83 Consumers: Sergei Lemberg
• Representing 80 Consumers: David Michael Larson

About WebRecon LLC: Creditors and collection firms use WebRecon’s services to easily segregate predictably litigious consumers from their databases. A significant percentage of consumer litigation is initiated by the same consumers over and over again, and screening them out of the general population can reduce lawsuits by as much as a third.

The FDCPA Litigant Alert |  Batch up to one million accounts per hour through our massive litigant database

The ‘Litigant Exchange’ |  Provide your state & local lawsuit data in exchange for access to others’ lawsuit data

The ‘Reputation Tracker’ |  The industry’s only Consumer Web Site search engine

The ‘Litigant Hotsheet’ |  A quick snapshot of the most active litigious consumers sent twice monthly

For more information, please contact:
Jack Gordon, CEO
WebRecon LLC, The FDCPA Litigant Alert
Web: www.WebRecon.com
Email: admin@webrecon.net
Phone: (616) 682-5327

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There were about 538 lawsuits filed under consumer statutes in the first half of March. Here is an approximate breakdown:

• 462 Fair Debt Collection Practices Act
• 50 Fair Credit Reporting Act
• 1 Telephone Consumer Protection Act
• 15 Truth In Lending Act
• 1 Credit Repair Organizations Act
• 3 Equal Credit Opportunity Act
• 1 Electronic Fund Transfers Act
• 1 Fair Housing Act
• 1 Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
• 2 Home Ownership And Equity Protection Act
• 1 State of Arkansas Consumer Statutes
• 1 State of Florida Consumer Statutes
• 1 State of Illinois Consumer Statutes
• 1 State of Maryland Consumer Statutes
• 1 State of West Virginia Consumer Statutes
• 4 Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act

Summary:

• Of those cases, there were about 563 unique plaintiffs (including multiple plaintiffs in one suit).
• Of those plaintiffs, about 128 had sued under consumer statutes before.
• Combined, those 128 plaintiffs have filed about 970 lawsuits since 2001
• Actions were filed in 112 different US District Court branches.
• About 545 different collection firms and creditors were sued.

The top courts where lawsuits were filed:

• 39 Lawsuits: Minnesota District Court – DMN
• 31 Lawsuits: Pennsylvania Eastern District Court – Philadelphia
• 29 Lawsuits: California Central District Court – Western Division – Los Angeles
• 26 Lawsuits: Illinois Northern District Court – Chicago
• 20 Lawsuits: Colorado District Court – Denver
• 19 Lawsuits: New York Eastern District Court – Brooklyn
• 16 Lawsuits: Connecticut District Court – New Haven
• 15 Lawsuits: Pennsylvania Middle District Court – Scranton
• 14 Lawsuits: New York Western District Court – Buffalo
• 13 Lawsuits: California Southern District Court – San Diego

The most active consumer attorneys were:

• Representing 37 Consumers: Jody B. Burton
• Representing 22 Consumers: Sergei Lemberg
• Representing 19 Consumers: Brent F. Vullings
• Representing 15 Consumers: Nicholas J. Bontrager
• Representing 14 Consumers: Mark L. Vavreck
• Representing 14 Consumers: David Michael Larson
• Representing 13 Consumers: Matthew William Kiverts
• Representing 13  Consumers: Ryan Scott Lee
• Representing 12  Consumers: David J. Philipps
• Representing 12  Consumers: Peter Cozmyk

Statistics Year to Date:

2275 total lawsuits for 2010, including:

• 1928 FDCPA
• 213 FCRA
• 8  TCPA
  84  TILA (Truth in Lending Act)

Number of unique Plaintiffs: 2317 (including multiple plaintiffs in one suit)

The most active consumer attorneys of the year:

• Representing 88 Consumers: Matthew William Kiverts
• Representing 79 Consumers: Ryan Scott Lee
• Representing 68 Consumers: Brent F. Vullings
• Representing 60 Consumers: Sergei Lemberg
• Representing 60 Consumers: David Michael Larson

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Grand Rapids, MI (March 9, 2010) – The following statistics are provided to the ARM industry courtesy of WebRecon LLC.

FDCPA and Other Consumer Rights Lawsuit Statistics, February 16-28, 2010

There were about 463 lawsuits filed under consumer statutes in the second half of February. Here is an approximate breakdown:

• 384 Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (vs. 238 same period 2009, 221 same period 2008)
• 49 Fair Credit Reporting Act (vs. 31 same period 2009, 39 same period 2008)
• 0 Telephone Consumer Protection Act (vs. 2 same period 2009, 0 same period 2008)
• 16 Truth In Lending Act
• 1 Credit Repair Organizations Act
• 2 Driver’s Privacy Protection Act
• 3 Equal Credit Opportunity Act
• 1 Electronic Fund Transfers Act
• 1 Fair Housing Act
• 1 Higher Education Opportunity Act
• 1 Homeowners Loan Act
• 4 State of California Consumer Statutes
• 1 State of Maryland Consumer Statutes
• 1 State of Oregon Consumer Statutes
• 4 State of Texas Consumer Statutes
• 2 State of West Virginia Consumer Statutes
• 9 Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act

Summary:

• Of those cases, there were about 502 unique plaintiffs (including multiple plaintiffs in one suit).
• Of those plaintiffs, about 258 had sued under consumer statutes before.
• Combined, those 258 plaintiffs have filed about 947 lawsuits since 2001
• Actions were filed in 105 different US District Court branches.
• About 471 different collection firms and creditors were sued.

The top courts where lawsuits were filed:

• 36 Lawsuits: Illinois Northern District Court – Chicago
• 34 Lawsuits: California Central District Court – Western Division – Los Angeles
• 21 Lawsuits: Minnesota District Court – DMN
• 16 Lawsuits: Pennsylvania Eastern District Court – Philadelphia
• 16 Lawsuits: Colorado District Court – Denver
• 15 Lawsuits: Georgia Northern District Court – Atlanta
• 14 Lawsuits: New York Western District Court – Buffalo
• 12 Lawsuits: Michigan Eastern District Court – Detroit
• 12 Lawsuits: California Northern District Court – San Francisco
• 10 Lawsuits: New York Eastern District Court – Central Islip

The most active consumer attorneys were:

• Representing 16 Consumers: Adam Theodore Hill
• Representing 14 Consumers: George Thomas Martin, III
• Representing 14 Consumers: Matthew William Kiverts
• Representing 14 Consumers: Sergei Lemberg
• Representing 13 Consumers: Ryan Scott Lee
• Representing 13 Consumers: Todd Michael Friedman
• Representing 12 Consumers: Brent F. Vullings
• Representing 11  Consumers: David J. Philipps
• Representing 10  Consumers: Diana P. Larson
• Representing 9  Consumers: Lara Ruth Shapiro

Statistics Year to Date:

1742 total lawsuits for 2010, including:

• 1470 FDCPA (vs. 1120 same period 2009, 824 same period 2008)
• 164 FCRA (vs. 186 same period 2009, 189 same period 2008)
• 7  TCPA (vs. 3 same period 2009, 5 same period 2008)
• 69  TILA (Truth in Lending Act)

Number of unique Plaintiffs: 1792 (including multiple plaintiffs in one suit)

The most active consumer attorneys of the year:

• Representing 75 Consumers: Matthew William Kiverts
• Representing 66 Consumers: Ryan Scott Lee
• Representing 49 Consumers: Brent F. Vullings
• Representing 48 Consumers: Adam Theodore Hill
• Representing 46 Consumers: David Michael Larson

About WebRecon LLC: Creditors and collection firms use WebRecon’s services to easily segregate predictably litigious consumers from their databases. A significant percentage of consumer litigation is initiated by the same consumers over and over again, and screening them out of the general population can reduce lawsuits by as much as a third.

The FDCPA Litigant Alert |  Batch up to one million accounts per hour through our massive litigant database

The ‘Litigant Exchange’ |  Provide your state & local lawsuit data in exchange for access to others’ lawsuit data

The ‘Reputation Tracker’ |  The industry’s only Consumer Web Site search engine

The ‘Litigant Hotsheet’ |  A quick snapshot of the most active litigious consumers sent twice monthly

For more information, please contact:
Jack Gordon, CEO
WebRecon LLC, The FDCPA Litigant Alert
Web: www.WebRecon.com
Email: admin@webrecon.net
Phone: (616) 682-5327

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• 716 FDCPA (Fair Debt Collection Practices Act), vs. 551 in January 2009
• 77 FCRA (Fair Credit Reporting Act), vs. 109 in January 2009
• 5  TCPA (Telephone Consumer Protection Act), vs. 1 in January 2009
• 39  TILA (Truth in Lending Act)

FDCPA and Other Consumer Rights Lawsuit Statistics, January 16-31, 2010

There were about 465 lawsuits filed under consumer statutes in the second half of January. Here is an approximate breakdown:

• 403 Fair Debt Collection Practices Act
• 43 Fair Credit Reporting Act
• 1 Telephone Consumer Protection Act
• 15 Truth In Lending Act
• 1 Equal Credit Opportunity Act
• 1 Electronic Fund Transfers Act
• 1 Fair Credit Billing Act
• 1 Home Ownership And Equity Protection Act
• 3 State of California Consumer Statutes
• 1 State of Florida Consumer Statutes
• 1 State of Indiana Consumer Statutes
• 2 State of Maryland Consumer Statutes
• 1 State of Massachusetts Consumer Statutes
• 1 State of Michigan Consumer Statutes
• 2 State of West Virginia Consumer Statutes
• 7 Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act
• 1 Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act

Summary:

• Of those cases, there were about 484 unique plaintiffs (including multiple plaintiffs in one suit).
• Of those plaintiffs, about 141 had sued under consumer statutes before.
• Combined, those 141 plaintiffs have filed about 801 lawsuits since 2001
• Actions were filed in 104 different US District Court branches.
• About 303 different collection firms and creditors were sued.

The top courts where lawsuits were filed:

• 30 Lawsuits: Illinois Northern District Court – Chicago
• 24 Lawsuits: Minnesota District Court – DMN
• 24 Lawsuits: Colorado District Court – Denver
• 18 Lawsuits: New York Western District Court – Buffalo
• 18 Lawsuits: California Central District Court – Western Division – Los Angeles
• 17 Lawsuits: Pennsylvania Middle District Court – Scranton
• 17 Lawsuits: Michigan Eastern District Court – Detroit
• 16 Lawsuits: Arizona District Court – Phoenix
• 16 Lawsuits: Georgia Northern District Court – Atlanta
• 16 Lawsuits: Pennsylvania Eastern District Court – Philadelphia

The most active consumer attorneys were:

• Representing 20 Consumers: Matthew William Kiverts
• Representing 19 Consumers: Brent F. Vullings
• Representing 17 Consumers: Kenneth R. Hiller
• Representing 17 Consumers: Nicholas J. Bontrager
• Representing 14 Consumers: Todd Michael Friedman
• Representing 12 Consumers: Adam Theodore Hill
• Representing 12 Consumers: Kenneth W. Pennington
• Representing 12  Consumers: Ryan Scott Lee
• Representing 11  Consumers: Phillip C. Rogers
• Representing 11  Consumers: David Michael Larson

Statistics Year to Date:

851 total lawsuits for 2010, including:

• 716 FDCPA
• 77 FCRA
• 5  TCPA
• 39  TILA (Truth in Lending Act)

Number of unique Plaintiffs: 881 (including multiple plaintiffs in one suit)

The most active consumer attorneys of the year:

• Representing 36 Consumers: Ryan Scott Lee
• Representing 34 Consumers: Brent F. Vullings
• Representing 32 Consumers: Matthew William Kiverts
• Representing 27 Consumers: Adam Theodore Hill
• Representing 26 Consumers: Todd Michael Friedman

About WebRecon LLC: Creditors and collection firms use WebRecon’s services to easily segregate predictably litigious consumers from their databases. A significant percentage of consumer litigation is initiated by the same consumers over and over again, and screening them out of the general population can reduce lawsuits by as much as a third.

There were about 396 lawsuits filed under consumer statutes in the first half of January. Here is an approximate breakdown:

• 319 Fair Debt Collection Practices Act
• 36 Fair Credit Reporting Act
• 4 Telephone Consumer Protection Act
• 24 Truth In Lending Act
• 1 Bankruptcy Related
• 5 Equal Credit Opportunity Act
• 2 Electronic Fund Transfers Act
• 1 Higher Education Opportunity Act
• 2 Home Ownership And Equity Protection Act
• 6 State of California Consumer Statutes
• 2 State of Florida Consumer Statutes
• 1 State of Georgia Consumer Statutes
• 1 State of Illinois Consumer Statutes
• 1 State of Maryland Consumer Statutes
• 1 State of New Jersey Consumer Statutes
• 7 Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act
• 3 Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act

Summary:

• Of those cases, there were about 418 unique plaintiffs (including multiple plaintiffs in one suit).
• Of those plaintiffs, about 114 had sued under consumer statutes before.
• Combined, those 114 plaintiffs have filed about 702 lawsuits since 2001
• Actions were filed in 96 different US District Court branches.
• About 260 different collection firms and creditors were sued.

The top courts where lawsuits were filed:

• 23 Lawsuits: Illinois Northern District Court – Chicago
• 22 Lawsuits: California Central District Court – Los Angeles
• 20 Lawsuits: Colorado District Court – Denver
• 16 Lawsuits: California Northern District Court – San Francisco
• 14 Lawsuits: Pennsylvania Eastern District Court – Philadelphia
• 10 Lawsuits: Alabama Northern District Court – Western
• 10 Lawsuits: Arizona District Court – Phoenix
• 10 Lawsuits: Pennsylvania Middle District Court – Scranton
• 10 Lawsuits: California Southern District Court – San Diego
• 9 Lawsuits: Indiana Southern District Court – Indianapolis

The most active consumer attorneys were:

• Representing 26 Consumers: Ryan Scott Lee
• Representing 15 Consumers: Adam Theodore Hill
• Representing 15 Consumers: Brent F. Vullings
• Representing 13 Consumers: David Michael Larson
• Representing 13 Consumers: Sergei Lemberg
• Representing 13 Consumers: Todd Michael Friedman
• Representing 12 Consumers: Matthew William Kiverts
• Representing 9  Consumers: Brandon Lee Blankenship
• Representing 8  Consumers: John Cole Gayle, Jr.
• Representing 8  Consumers: Joseph A Mullaney III

Statistics Year to Date:

396 total lawsuits for 2010, including:

• 319 FDCPA
• 36 FCRA
• 4  TCPA

Number of unique Plaintiffs: 418 (including multiple plaintiffs in one suit)

The most active consumer attorneys of the year:

• Representing 26 Consumers: Ryan Scott Lee
• Representing 15 Consumers: Adam Theodore Hill
• Representing 15 Consumers: Brent F. Vullings
• Representing 13 Consumers: David Michael Larson
• Representing 13 Consumers: Sergei Lemberg

2009 has ended, and it shattered the previous year’s record number of FDCPA cases filed in (or removed to) US District Courts. Expectations that FDCPA cases would break the 8000 barrier were easily met, though FCRA cases actually fell just short of 2008 numbers and TCPA cases remained statistically (though not legally) insignificant.

Annual Comparisons:
2009: 8287 FDCPA, 1174 FCRA, 28 TCPA Cases
2008: 5188 FDCPA, 1164 FCRA, 16 TCPA Cases
2007: 3813 FDCPA, 1347 FCRA, 22 TCPA Cases
2006: 3220 FDCPA, 955 FCRA, 14 TCPA Cases

Monthly Recap: There were about 907 consumer rights lawsuits in the month of December, including 774 FDCPA and 79 FCRA suits filed against creditors and collection agencies.

FDCPA and Other Consumer Rights Lawsuit Statistics, Dec 16-31, 2009

There were about 427 lawsuits filed under consumer statutes in the second half of December. Here is an approximate breakdown:

• 358 Fair Debt Collection Practices Act
• 41 Fair Credit Reporting Act
• 21 Truth In Lending Act
• 2 Credit Repair Organizations Act
• 1 Equal Credit Opportunity Act
• 1 Electronic Fund Transfers Act
• 1 Federal Communications Act
• 1 Graham-Leach-Bliley Act
• 1 Home Ownership And Equity Protection Act
• 6 State of California Consumer Statutes
• 2 State of Florida Consumer Statutes
• 1 State of Kentucky Consumer Statutes
• 1 State of Michigan Consumer Statutes
• 1 State of Rhode Island Consumer Statutes
• 1 State of Texas Consumer Statutes
• 1 State of West Virginia Consumer Statutes
• 2 Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act
• 1 Right to Financial Privacy Act
• 1 Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act

Summary:

• Of those cases, there were about 459 unique plaintiffs (including multiple plaintiffs in one suit).
• Of those plaintiffs, about 141 had sued under consumer statutes before.
• Combined, those 141 plaintiffs have filed about 805 lawsuits since 2001
• Actions were filed in 101 different US District Court branches.
• About 268 different collection firms and creditors were sued.

The top courts where lawsuits were filed:

• 36 Lawsuits: Illinois Northern District Court – Chicago
• 24 Lawsuits: New York Western District Court – Buffalo
• 23 Lawsuits: California Central District Court – Western Division – Los Angeles
• 20 Lawsuits: Minnesota District Court – DMN
• 18 Lawsuits: Pennsylvania Eastern District Court – Philadelphia
• 11 Lawsuits: Colorado District Court – Denver
• 11 Lawsuits: Georgia Northern District Court – Atlanta
• 10 Lawsuits: Arizona District Court – Phoenix
• 10 Lawsuits: California Southern District Court – San Diego
• 8 Lawsuits: California Eastern District Court – Sacramento

The most active consumer attorneys were:

• Representing 21 Consumers: Matthew William Kiverts
• Representing 16 Consumers: Sergei Lemberg
• Representing 15 Consumers: Adam Theodore Hill
• Representing 14 Consumers: Nicholas J. Bontrager
• Representing 11 Consumers: Todd Michael Friedman
• Representing 10 Consumers: Ryan Scott Lee
• Representing 10 Consumers: Joseph A Mullaney III
• Representing 9  Consumers: David Michael Larson
• Representing 9  Consumers: James Marvin Feagle
• Representing 8  Consumers: Brian P. Parker

Statistics Year to Date: 10128 total lawsuits for 2009, including:

• 8287 FDCPA
• 1174 FCRA
• 28  TCPA

Number of unique Plaintiffs: 9697 (including multiple plaintiffs in one suit)

The most active consumer attorneys of the year:

• Representing 441 Consumers: Ryan Scott Lee
• Representing 329 Consumers: Nicholas J. Bontrager
• Representing 239 Consumers: Todd Michael Friedman
• Representing 227 Consumers: Sergei Lemberg
• Representing 220 Consumers: Brent F. Vullings

About WebRecon LLC: Creditors and collection firms use WebRecon’s services to easily segregate predictably litigious consumers from their databases. A significant percentage of consumer litigation is initiated by the same consumers over and over again, and screening them out of the general population can reduce lawsuits by as much as a third.

The FDCPA Litigant Alert |  Batch up to one million accounts per hour through our massive litigant database

The ‘Litigant Exchange’ |  Provide your state & local lawsuit data in exchange for access to others’ lawsuit data

The ‘Reputation Tracker’ |  The industry’s only Consumer Web Site search engine

The ‘Litigant Hotsheet’ |  A quick snapshot of the most active litigious consumers sent twice monthly

For more information, please contact:
Jack Gordon, CEO
WebRecon LLC, The FDCPA Litigant Alert
Web: www.WebRecon.com
Email: admin@webrecon.net
Phone: (616) 682-5327

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• 425 Fair Debt Collection Practices Act
• 39 Fair Credit Reporting Act
• 21 Truth In Lending Act
• 11 State of California Consumer Statutes
• 9 Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act
• 3 State of Florida Consumer Statutes
• 2 Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act
• 1 Telephone Consumer Protection Act
• 1 State of Wisconsin Consumer Statutes
• 1 State of West Virginia Consumer Statutes
• 1 State of Washington Consumer Statutes
• 1 State of Utah Consumer Statutes
• 1 State of Texas Consumer Statutes
• 1 State of Oregon Consumer Statutes
• 1 State of Ohio Consumer Statutes
• 1 State of New York Consumer Statutes
• 1 State of Missouri Consumer Statutes
• 1 State of Michigan Consumer Statutes
• 1 State of Connecticut Consumer Statutes
• 1 Home Ownership And Equity Protection Act
• 1 Federal Trade Commission Act
• 1 Fair Housing Act
• 1 Equal Credit Opportunity Act
• 1 Bankruptcy Related
  

Summary:

• Of those cases, there were about 513 unique plaintiffs (including multiple plaintiffs in one suit).
• Of those plaintiffs, about 183 had sued under consumer statutes before.
• Combined, those 183 plaintiffs have filed about 951 lawsuits since 2001
• Actions were filed in 109 different US District Court branches.
• About 341 different collection firms and creditors were sued.

The top courts where lawsuits were filed:

• 47 Lawsuits: Minnesota District Court - DMN
• 44 Lawsuits: California Central District Court – Western Division – Los Angeles
• 23 Lawsuits: Pennsylvania Eastern District Court – Philadelphia
• 22 Lawsuits: Illinois Northern District Court – Chicago
• 18 Lawsuits: Colorado District Court – Denver
• 16 Lawsuits: California Central District Court – Southern Division – Santa Ana
• 16 Lawsuits: California Southern District Court – San Diego
• 12 Lawsuits: Arizona District Court – Phoenix
• 12 Lawsuits: Pennsylvania Middle District Court – Scranton
• 11 Lawsuits: Connecticut District Court – New Haven

The most active consumer attorneys were:

• Representing 38 Consumers: Mark L. Vavreck
• Representing 36 Consumers: George Thomas Martin, III
• Representing 17 Consumers: Ryan Scott Lee
• Representing 16 Consumers: Brent F. Vullings
• Representing 15 Consumers: Adam Theodore Hill
• Representing 12 Consumers: Sergei Lemberg
• Representing 11 Consumers: Nicholas J. Bontrager
• Representing 11  Consumers: Craig Thor Kimmel
• Representing 10  Consumers: Matthew William Kiverts
• Representing 10  Consumers: Kenneth W. Pennington

Statistics Year to Date:

9385 total lawsuits for 2009, including:

• 7834 FDCPA
• 1119 FCRA
• 25  TCPA

Number of unique Plaintiffs: 9013 (including multiple plaintiffs in one suit)

The most active consumer attorneys of the year:

• Representing 421 Consumers: Ryan Scott Lee
• Representing 311 Consumers: Nicholas J. Bontrager
• Representing 220 Consumers: Todd Michael Friedman
• Representing 217 Consumers: Brent F. Vullings
• Representing 211 Consumers: Sergei Lemberg

Grand Rapids, MI (December 11, 2009) – WebRecon LLC is excited to announce the launch of “The Reputation Tracker” – a one-of-a-kind search engine focused solely on “consumer rights” themed websites. All existing batch clients have access to this new service.

According to WebRecon CEO Jack Gordon, “Collection agencies and creditors are uniquely targeted by hostile consumers for negative and defamatory comments. This tool will help our clients stay on top of what is being said about them, and give them the ability to react if deemed necessary.”

“Over 100 of the most dangerous web sites are indexed using Google technology, and any query will bring instant results sure to be an eye-opener for just about any collection agency out there,” says Gordon.

About WebRecon LLC: Creditors and collection firms use WebRecon’s services to easily segregate predictably litigious consumers from their databases. A significant percentage of consumer litigation is initiated by the same consumers over and over again, and screening them out of the general population can reduce lawsuits by as much as a third.

For more information or interview requests, please contact:

Jack Gordon, CEO
WebRecon LLC, The FDCPA Litigant Alert
Web: www.WebRecon.com
Email: admin@webrecon.net
Phone: (616) 682-5327

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Monthly recap: There were about 915 consumer rights lawsuits in the month of November, including 765 FDCPA and 85 FCRA suits filed against creditors and collection agencies.

There were about 480 lawsuits filed under consumer statutes in the second half of November. Here is an approximate breakdown:

• 408 Fair Debt Collection Practices Act
• 39 Fair Credit Reporting Act
• 1 Telephone Consumer Protection Act
• 19 Truth In Lending Act
• 2 Bankruptcy Related
• 3 Equal Credit Opportunity Act
• 2 Electronic Fund Transfers Act
• 1 Fair Credit Billing Act
• 2 Federal Trade Commission Act
• 1 Graham-Leach-Bliley Act
• 1 Higher Education Opportunity Act
• 2 Homeowners Loan Act
• 1 Home Ownership And Equity Protection Act
• 1 Internal Revenue Code
• 1 State of California Consumer Statutes
• 1 District Of Columbia Consumer Statutes
• 1 State of Michigan Consumer Statutes
• 1 State of Missouri Consumer Statutes
• 1 State of New York Consumer Statutes
• 1 State of Ohio Consumer Statutes
• 4 Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act
• 1 Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act

Summary:

• Of those cases, there were about 501 unique plaintiffs (including multiple plaintiffs in one suit).
• Of those plaintiffs, about 148 had sued under consumer statutes before.
• Combined, those 148 plaintiffs have filed about 1384 lawsuits since 2001
• Actions were filed in 106 different US District Court branches.
• About 315 different collection firms and creditors were sued.

The top courts where lawsuits were filed:

• 44 Lawsuits: California Central District Court – Western Division – Los Angeles
• 24 Lawsuits: Illinois Northern District Court – Chicago
• 21 Lawsuits: New York Western District Court – Buffalo
• 19 Lawsuits: Connecticut District Court – New Haven
• 18 Lawsuits: Minnesota District Court – DMN
• 18 Lawsuits: Pennsylvania Eastern District Court – Philadelphia
• 16 Lawsuits: Georgia Northern District Court – Atlanta
• 13 Lawsuits: Colorado District Court – Denver
• 13 Lawsuits: Arizona District Court – Phoenix
• 11 Lawsuits: California Northern District Court – San Francisco

The most active consumer attorneys were:

• Representing 22 Consumers: Sergei Lemberg
• Representing 21 Consumers: Todd Michael Friedman
• Representing 18 Consumers: Matthew William Kiverts
• Representing 18 Consumers: George Thomas Martin, III
• Representing 18 Consumers: Ryan Scott Lee
• Representing 17 Consumers: Nicholas J. Bontrager
• Representing 16 Consumers: Adam Theodore Hill
• Representing 13  Consumers: Brent F. Vullings
• Representing 12  Consumers: Donald A. Yarbrough
• Representing 11  Consumers: Peter Cozmyk

Statistics Year to Date:

9213 total lawsuits for 2009, including:

• 7511 FDCPA
• 1090 FCRA
• 25  TCPA

Number of unique Plaintiffs: 8908 (including multiple plaintiffs in one suit)

The most active consumer attorneys of the year:

• Representing 404 Consumers: Ryan Scott Lee
• Representing 304 Consumers: Nicholas J. Bontrager
• Representing 216 Consumers: Todd Michael Friedman
• Representing 203 Consumers: Kenneth R. Hiller
• Representing 201 Consumers: Brent F. Vullings

Grand Rapids, MI (December 3, 2009) – WebRecon LLC is excited to announce the launch of “The Litigant Exchange” – a first-of-it’s-kind state and local lawsuit database driven by client participation.

So… why is this so important?

While WebRecon leads the market in consumer litigant data, to date there has been no reliable way to include state and local court litigants in any reliable fashion. The overwhelming majority of data has been of federal lawsuits from the US District Court system. The Litigant Exchange creates a process that opens up large amounts of state and local data to companies who need it, in a much more efficient manner than could ever be achieved working alone.

Here’s how it works:

Every client now has the opportunity to contribute all of their state and local lawsuits to the WebRecon litigant database – already the industry’s most comprehensive collection of consumer lawsuit data. By doing that, they will then gain batch access to all of the lawsuit data contributed by other clients.

It is a self-perpetuating cycle that will add immense value for every client.

“This is a very exciting day for me personally,” says WebRecon CEO Jack Gordon. “I have been working toward this moment for months. So many of our clients have expressed a high level of enthusiasm for this idea. We are really breaking new ground here.”

The Litigant Exchange is launching with state and local lawsuit data against many of the largest collection agencies, including NCO Financial Systems/Transworld Systems, Asset Acceptance, Allied Interstate, Arrow Financial Services, West Asset Management, AFNI, Academy Collection Service, Collectcorp, Cavalry Portfolio Services, OSI Collection Services and Credigy.
About WebRecon LLC: Creditors and collection firms use WebRecon’s services to easily segregate predictably litigious consumers from their databases. A significant percentage of consumer litigation is initiated by the same consumers over and over again, and screening them out of the general population can reduce lawsuits by as much as a third.

For more information or interview requests, please contact:

Jack Gordon, CEO
WebRecon LLC, The FDCPA Litigant Alert
Web: www.WebRecon.com
Email: admin@webrecon.net
Phone: (616) 682-5327

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There were about 467 lawsuits filed under consumer statutes in the first half of November. Here is an approximate breakdown:

• 376 Fair Debt Collection Practices Act
• 51 Fair Credit Reporting Act
• 19 Truth In Lending Act
• 1 Bankruptcy Related
• 4 Credit Repair Organizations Act
• 1 Driver’s Privacy Protection Act
• 1 Equal Credit Opportunity Act
• 1 Electronic Fund Transfers Act
• 1 Fair Credit Billing Act
• 1 Federal Trade Commission Act
• 1 Graham-Leach-Bliley Act
• 6 Home Ownership And Equity Protection Act
• 1 Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act
• 1 State of Alabama Consumer Statutes
• 3 State of California Consumer Statutes
• 1 State of Florida Consumer Statutes
• 1 State of Illinois Consumer Statutes
• 1 State of Nevada Consumer Statutes
• 1 State of New York Consumer Statutes
• 3 State of Pennsylvania Consumer Statutes
• 1 State of Texas Consumer Statutes
• 15 Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act
• 1 Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act

Summary:

• Of those cases, there were about 478 unique plaintiffs (including multiple plaintiffs in one suit).
• Of those plaintiffs, about 137  had sued under consumer statutes before.
• Combined, those plaintiffs have filed about 911 lawsuits since 2001
• Actions were filed in 105 different US District Court branches.
• About 451 different collection firms and creditors were sued.

The top courts where lawsuits were filed:

• 31 Lawsuits: Illinois Northern District Court – Chicago
• 22 Lawsuits: Colorado District Court – Denver
• 18 Lawsuits: California Southern District Court – San Diego
• 17 Lawsuits: New York Eastern District Court – Brooklyn
• 17 Lawsuits: California Central District Court – Los Angeles
• 15 Lawsuits: Pennsylvania Eastern District Court – Philadelphia
• 15 Lawsuits: Minnesota District Court – DMN
• 15 Lawsuits: Arizona District Court – Phoenix
• 13 Lawsuits: Pennsylvania Middle District Court – Scranton
• 12 Lawsuits: New York Eastern District Court – Central Islip

The most active consumer attorneys were:

• Representing 19 Consumers: Adam Jon Fishbein
• Representing 18 Consumers: George Thomas Martin, III
• Representing 15 Consumers: Nicholas J. Bontrager
• Representing 15 Consumers: David J. Philipps
• Representing 14 Consumers: Brent F. Vullings
• Representing 13 Consumers: David M. Marco
• Representing 13 Consumers: Ryan Scott Lee
• Representing 13 Consumers: Sergei Lemberg
• Representing 13 Consumers: Kenneth W. Pennington
• Representing 12 Consumers: Donald A. Yarbrough

Statistics Year to Date:

8416 total lawsuits for 2009, including:

• 7010 FDCPA
• 1044 FCRA
• 23 TCPA

Number of unique Plaintiffs: 8174 (including multiple plaintiffs in one suit)

The most active consumer attorneys of the year:

• Representing 386 Consumers: Ryan Scott Lee
• Representing 283 Consumers: Nicholas J. Bontrager
• Representing 199 Consumers: Kenneth R. Hiller
• Representing 194 Consumers: Todd Michael Friedman
• Representing 188 Consumers: Brent F. Vullings

Comtech Systems Partners with WebRecon to Protect Against Litigious Consumers

Grand Rapids, MI, November 12, 2009 — Comtech Systems, Inc. and WebRecon LLC announced today a strategic partnership to connect users of Comtech’s Collect! ARM solution with WebRecon’s consumer litigant database. The alliance will give users of Collect! the ability to easily recognize and actively protect themselves against consumers with a history of litigating collection agencies.

Both companies are market leaders in their respective areas.

According to WebRecon LLC CEO Jack Gordon, lawsuits against collection firms have been growing at an unprecedented rate. “Not only are the numbers of lawsuits growing each year,” he said, “but the pace of that growth is speeding up. In 2009, we are on track for an astounding rate of 44% growth over 2008.”

“The impact of these lawsuits on small and mid-sized collection agencies can be devastating,” adds Gordon. “This service helps agencies avoid a significant percentage of those suits, saving many thousands of dollars in legal fees and settlement costs for each one prevented.”

Comtech Systems Inc. is the first of the major software providers to acknowledge the effect of this alarming growth on their client base and implement appropriate mechanisms to prevent possible unnecessary litigation. According to Comtech CEO H. Neal Cropper, “We understand the pain this issue is causing our clients, and we are thrilled to be in a position to help them address it. WebRecon is offering a number of options to our user base, from a very low cost list of litigants to full database scrubbing that we will be able to integrate back into their databases. There is an option for every agency.”

About Comtech Systems, Inc: Comtech was founded in 1988 and is headquartered in Victoria, BC, Canada with an additional office in Brisbane, Australia. Comtech’s flagship product, Collect!, is widely recognized as the leading business management software solution for the world’s receivables management industries.

Comtech’s software is installed in 38 countries by over 1,200 companies including collection agencies, debt buyers, credit grantors, medical and dental billing offices, legal offices, municipal fine collection offices, car dealerships, rental application verification offices, credit grantors and a host of finance, credit and billing organizations.
About WebRecon LLC: Creditors and collection firms use WebRecon’s services to easily segregate predictably litigious consumers from their databases. A significant percentage of consumer litigation is initiated by the same consumers over and over again, and screening them out of the general population can reduce lawsuits by as much as a third.

For more information, please contact:
Jack Gordon, CEO                                                                    Robert Rutherford, VP Sales & Marketing

WebRecon LLC, The FDCPA Litigant Alert                                 Comtech Systems Inc.

Web: www.WebRecon.com Web: www.collect.org

Email: admin@webrecon.net Email: sales@collect.org

Phone: (616) 682-5327                                                                       Phone: (250) 391-0466

Toll Free: 800-661-6722

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FDCPA and Other Consumer Rights Lawsuit Statistics, October 16-31, 2009

There were about 492 lawsuits filed under consumer statutes in the second half of October. Here is an approximate breakdown:

• 415 Fair Debt Collection Practices Act
• 37 Fair Credit Reporting Act
• 2 Telephone Consumer Protection Act
• 19 Truth In Lending Act
• 1 Consumer Legal Remedies Act
• 1 Credit Repair Organizations Act
• 2 California Unfair Competition Law
• 3 Equal Credit Opportunity Act
• 2 Electronic Fund Transfers Act
• 2 Fair Housing Act
• 1 Federal Trade Commission Act
• 2 Home Ownership And Equity Protection Act
• 1 Indiana Deceptive Consumer Sales Act
• 1 New York Unfair and Deceptive Acts and Practices
• 1 Pennsylvania Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Law
• 6 Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act
• 1 Right to Financial Privacy Act
• 1 Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act
• 1 Unfair Business Practices
• 7 Unjust Enrichment
• 1 Wisconsin Consumer Act
• 1 Washington Consumer Protection Act
• 2 West Virginia Consumer Credit & Protection Act

Summary:

• Of those cases, there were about 541 unique plaintiffs (including multiple plaintiffs in one suit).
• Of those plaintiffs, about 155 had sued under consumer statutes before.
• Combined, those 155 plaintiffs have filed about 774 lawsuits since 2001
• Actions were filed in 108 different US District Court branches.
• About 483 different collection firms and creditors were sued.

The top courts where lawsuits were filed:

• 40 Lawsuits: California Central District Court – Western Division – Los Angeles
• 33 Lawsuits: Illinois Northern District Court – Chicago
• 23 Lawsuits: New York Eastern District Court – Brooklyn
• 18 Lawsuits: Florida Middle District Court – Tampa
• 17 Lawsuits: Pennsylvania Eastern District Court – Philadelphia
• 15 Lawsuits: New York Eastern District Court – Central Islip
• 15 Lawsuits: Florida Southern District Court – Fort Lauderdale
• 14 Lawsuits: Minnesota District Court – DMN
• 12 Lawsuits: California Southern District Court – San Diego
• 12 Lawsuits: Colorado District Court – Denver

The most active consumer attorneys were:

• Representing 32 Consumers: George Thomas Martin, III
• Representing 23 Consumers: Gene W. Choe
• Representing 22 Consumers: Matthew William Kiverts
• Representing 19 Consumers: Ryan Scott Lee
• Representing 19 Consumers: Adam Jon Fishbein
• Representing 17 Consumers: Sergei Lemberg
• Representing 14 Consumers: Nicholas J. Bontrager
• Representing 11 Consumers: Adam Jacob Krohn
• Representing 11 Consumers: Kenneth W. Pennington
• Representing 11 Consumers: Donald A. Yarbrough

Statistics Year to Date:

8052 total lawsuits for 2009:

• 6638 FDCPA
• 994 FCRA
• 23 TCPA

Number of unique Plaintiffs: 7898 (including multiple plaintiffs in one suit)

The most active consumer attorneys of the year:

• Representing 379 Consumers: Ryan Scott Lee
• Representing 270 Consumers: Nicholas J. Bontrager
• Representing 199 Consumers: Kenneth R. Hiller
• Representing 191 Consumers: Todd Michael Friedman
• Representing 174 Consumers: Brent F. Vullings

Grand Rapids, MI (October 23, 2009) – They’re giving it all away, for free.

In an effort to combat the exploding number of FDCPA lawsuits plaguing American collection agencies, law firms and debt buyers, WebRecon LLC has announced an offer to scrub every collection firm’s consumer database, free of charge and with no further commitment or obligation. The offer covers each firm’s entire database, or up to 5 million consumers per company.

“Nearly 1000 new litigants are emerging every month, and 2009 is on track for a 40% spike in the number of FDCPA/FCRA lawsuits over 2008,” says company CEO Jack Gordon, who is a former collection agency owner himself.

He adds, “Debt collectors are under attack seemingly from every corner – radicalized debtors, consumer attorneys, federal agencies, Congress, state legislators, state attorney generals and the media. I am looking to give those who are the most besieged something of extraordinary value.”

Every lawsuit prevented can save many thousands of dollars. According to Gordon, a typical agency can identify dozens or even hundreds of prior litigants and head off any potential impending action from them.

The service, which is priced lower than the cost of defending or settling a single typical lawsuit per year, includes four components to help agencies identify prior litigants:

1. A searchable database of consumer lawsuits to find individual litigants, defendants or attorneys
2. A batch process that can segregate prior litigants at the rate of one million accounts per hour
3. A semi-monthly spreadsheet of all new litigation
4. The semi-monthly ‘Litigant Hotsheet’ which quickly identifies the most active consumer litigants

The companies that take advantage of this offer will have the option, at the end of the free scrub, to continue with the month-to-month service.

“Of course, I hope many of them will choose to stay on,” said Gordon, “but even if they just try it out and find some value from their initial scrubs, I will be happy to see them benefit from denying the professional litigants out there additional opportunities to extort money from our industry.”

Any collection firms who wish to learn more can visit www.webrecon.com/free

This offer expires on December 31, 2009, and slots are expected to fill up quickly.
About WebRecon LLC: Creditors and collection firms use WebRecon’s services to easily segregate predictably litigious consumers from their databases. A significant percentage of consumer litigation is initiated by the same consumers over and over again, and screening them out of the general population can reduce lawsuits by as much as a third.

For more information or interview requests, please contact:

Jack Gordon, CEO
WebRecon LLC, The FDCPA Litigant Alert
Web: www.WebRecon.com
Email: admin@webrecon.net
Phone: (616) 682-5327

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There were about 468 lawsuits filed under consumer statutes in the first half of October. Here is an approximate breakdown:

• 356 Fair Debt Collection Practices Act
• 55 Fair Credit Reporting Act
• 5 Telephone Consumer Protection Act
• 23 Truth In Lending Act
• 1 Consumer Legal Remedies Act
• 1 California Unfair Competition Law
• Connecticut Unfair Trade Practices Act
• 1 Equal Credit Opportunity Act
• 1 Electronic Fund Transfers Act
• 4 Employee Retirement Income Security Act
• 1 Florida Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act
• 3 Federal Trade Commission Act
• 1 Home Ownership And Equity Protection Act
• 2 Illinois Consumer Fraud & Deceptive Business Practices Act
• 1 Massachusetts Consumer Credit Code
• 2 Maryland Consumer Protection Act
• 1 Michigan Consumer Protection Act
• 2 Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act
• 1 Ohio Consumer Sales Practices Act
• 1 Pennsylvania Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Law
• 10 Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act
• 3 Rosenthal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act
• 2 Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act
• 1 Securities Exchange Act
• 1 Unfair Business Practices
• 7 Unjust Enrichment
• 1 Video Privacy Protection Act
• 3 Washington Consumer Protection Act
• 2 West Virginia Consumer Credit & Protection Act

Summary:

• Of those cases, there were about 520 unique plaintiffs (including multiple plaintiffs in one suit).
• Of those plaintiffs, about 136 had sued under consumer statutes before.
• Combined, those 136 plaintiffs have filed about 915 lawsuits since 2001
• Actions were filed in 106 different US District Court branches.
• About 519 different collection firms and creditors were sued.

The top courts where lawsuits were filed:

• 41 Lawsuits: Illinois Northern District Court – Chicago
• 26 Lawsuits: California Central District Court – Los Angeles
• 19 Lawsuits: California Southern District Court – San Diego
• 18 Lawsuits: Georgia Northern District Court – Atlanta
• 15 Lawsuits: California Eastern District Court – Sacramento
• 14 Lawsuits: Pennsylvania Eastern District Court – Philadelphia
• 14 Lawsuits: Minnesota District Court – DMN
• 13 Lawsuits: New York Western District Court – Buffalo
• 13 Lawsuits: Colorado District Court – Denver
• 11 Lawsuits: Virginia Eastern District Court – Richmond

The most active consumer attorneys were:

• Representing 28 Consumers: George Thomas Martin, III
• Representing 22 Consumers: Nicholas J. Bontrager
• Representing 17 Consumers: Brent F. Vullings
• Representing 14 Consumers: Michael S Agruss
• Representing 11 Consumers: David J. Philipps
• Representing 9 Consumers: Peter Cozmyk
• Representing 9 Consumers: Matthew William Kiverts
• Representing 9 Consumers: Ryan Scott Lee
• Representing 8 Consumers: Kenneth R. Hiller
• Representing 8 Consumers: Daniel A. Edelman

Statistics Year to Date:

7566 total lawsuits for 2009:

• 6225 FDCPA
• 959 FCRA
• 21 TCPA

Number of unique Plaintiffs: 7490 (including multiple plaintiffs in one suit)

The most active consumer attorneys of the year:

• Representing 360 Consumers: Ryan Scott Lee
• Representing 256 Consumers: Nicholas J. Bontrager
• Representing 195 Consumers: Kenneth R. Hiller
• Representing 182 Consumers: Todd Michael Friedman
• Representing 167 Consumers: Daniel A. Edelman

FDCPA and Other Consumer Rights Lawsuit Statistics, September 16-30, 2009

There were about 452 lawsuits filed under consumer statutes in the second half of September. Here is an approximate breakdown:

• 383 Fair Debt Collection Practices Act
• 30 Fair Credit Reporting Act
• 3 Telephone Consumer Protection Act
• 18 Truth In Lending Act
• 2 Consumer Legal Remedies Act
• 1 Connecticut Unfair Trade Practices Act
• 1 Driver’s Privacy Protection Act
• 1 Electronic Fund Transfers Act
• 1 Employee Retirement Income Security Act
• 1 Fair Credit Billing Act
• 2 Florida Consumer Collection Practices Act
• 1 Federal Employee Health Benefits Act
• 2 Home Ownership And Equity Protection Act
• 1 Illinois Consumer Fraud & Deceptive Business Practices Act
• 1 Kentucky Consumer Protection Act
• 1 Michigan Consumer Protection Act
• 4 Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act
• 4 Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act
• 3 Rosenthal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act
• 1 Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act
• 1 Securities Exchange Act
• 1 Unfair Business Practices
• 10 Unjust Enrichment
• 1 Washington Consumer Protection Act
• 1 West Virginia Consumer Credit & Protection Act

Summary:

• Of those cases, there were about 492 unique plaintiffs (including multiple plaintiffs in one suit).
• Of those plaintiffs, about 158 had sued under consumer statutes before.
• Combined, those 158 plaintiffs have filed about 890 lawsuits since 2001
• Actions were filed in 103 different US District Court branches.
• About 460 different collection firms and creditors were sued.

The top courts where lawsuits were filed:

• 40 Lawsuits: Illinois Northern District Court – Chicago
• 30 Lawsuits: California Central District Court – Los Angeles
• 27 Lawsuits: Minnesota District Court – DMN
• 22 Lawsuits: Florida Southern District Court – Fort Lauderdale
• 17 Lawsuits: Colorado District Court – Denver
• 16 Lawsuits: Connecticut District Court – New Haven
• 15 Lawsuits: Pennsylvania Eastern District Court – Philadelphia
• 14 Lawsuits: New York Western District Court – Buffalo
• 12 Lawsuits: New York Eastern District Court – Central Islip
• 11 Lawsuits: California Northern District Court – San Francisco

The most active consumer attorneys were:

• Representing 20 Consumers: Donald A. Yarbrough
• Representing 19 Consumers: Michael S Agruss
• Representing 17 Consumers: Brent F. Vullings
• Representing 13 Consumers: Daniel A. Edelman
• Representing 13 Consumers: David J. Philipps
• Representing 13 Consumers: Mark L. Vavreck
• Representing 12 Consumers: David Michael Larson
• Representing 12 Consumers: George Thomas Martin, III
• Representing 12 Consumers: Nicholas J. Bontrager
• Representing 11 Consumers: Adam Theodore Hill

Statistics Year to Date:

7103 total lawsuits for 2009:

• 5872 FDCPA
• 905 FCRA
• 123 TCPA

Number of unique Plaintiffs: 7034 (including multiple plaintiffs in one suit)

The most active consumer attorneys of the year:

• Representing 351 Consumers: Ryan Scott Lee
• Representing 234 Consumers: Nicholas J. Bontrager
• Representing 187 Consumers: Kenneth R. Hiller
• Representing 174 Consumers: Todd Michael Friedman
• Representing 159 Consumers: Daniel A. Edelman

Grand Rapids, MI (October 6, 2009) – According to a recent analysis of 2009 lawsuits in the WebRecon database, only 8.73% of consumer attorneys have represented 65.4% of the plaintiffs. In raw numbers, of 1890 individual consumer attorneys, the top 165 filed 6578 out of the 10,057 total complaints.

“On a practical level,” according to WebRecon CEO Jack Gordon, “being able to link top consumer attorneys to actual debtors with a litigious past in a collection database could be an excellent way to mitigate the risk of impending, predictable lawsuits. Our service allows collection firms to do just that.”

About WebRecon LLC: Creditors and collection firms use WebRecon’s services to easily segregate predictably litigious consumers from their databases. A significant percentage of consumer litigation is initiated by the same consumers over and over again, and screening them out of the general population can reduce lawsuits by as much as a third.

For more information, please contact:
Jack Gordon, CEO
WebRecon LLC, The FDCPA Litigant Alert
Web: www.WebRecon.com
Email: admin@webrecon.net
Phone: (616) 682-5327

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There were about 424 lawsuits filed under consumer statutes in the first half of September (down a bit due to the Labor Day holiday). Here is an approximate breakdown:

• 346 Fair Debt Collection Practices Act
• 39 Fair Credit Reporting Act
• 2 Telephone Consumer Protection Act
• 14 Truth In Lending Act
• 1 Consumer Legal Remedies Act
• 1 Driver’s Privacy Protection Act
• 1 Electronic Fund Transfers Act
• 1 Employee Retirement Income Security Act
• 4 Federal Trade Commission Act
• 1 Home Affordable Modification Program
• 1 Home Affordable Refinance Program
• 1 Missouri Merchandising Practices Act
• 6 Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act
• 1 Securities Exchange Act
• 1 Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act
• 6 Unfair Business Practices
• 3 Unjust Enrichment
• 2 West Virginia Consumer Credit & Protection Act

• Of those cases, there were about 430 unique plaintiffs (including multiple plaintiffs in one suit).
• Of those plaintiffs, about 82 had sued under consumer statutes before.
• Combined, those 82 plaintiffs have filed about 555 lawsuits since 2001
• Actions were filed in 101 different US District Court branches.
• About 446 different collection firms and creditors were sued.

The top courts where lawsuits were filed:

• 40 Lawsuits: Illinois Northern District Court – Chicago
• 32 Lawsuits: California Central District Court – Los Angeles
• 17 Lawsuits: Connecticut District Court – New Haven
• 16 Lawsuits: Minnesota District Court – DMN
• 14 Lawsuits: Georgia Northern District Court – Atlanta
• 13 Lawsuits: California Southern District Court – San Diego
• 13 Lawsuits: Florida Southern District Court – Fort Lauderdale
• 12 Lawsuits: Florida Middle District Court – Tampa
• 12 Lawsuits: Pennsylvania Eastern District Court – Philadelphia
• 11 Lawsuits: New York Western District Court – Buffalo

The most active consumer attorneys were:

• Representing 18 Consumers: Donald A. Yarbrough
• Representing 18 Consumers: Sergei Lemberg
• Representing 17 Consumers: Michael S Agruss
• Representing 13 Consumers: Todd Michael Friedman
• Representing 13 Consumers: Daniel A. Edelman
• Representing 10 Consumers: Robert T. Healey, Jr.
• Representing 10 Consumers: James Marvin Feagle
• Representing 8 Consumers: Ryan Scott Lee
• Representing 8 Consumers: Nicholas J. Bontrager
• Representing 8 Consumers: George Thomas Martin, III

Statistics Year to Date:

6654 total lawsuits for 2009:

• 5488 FDCPA
• 875 FCRA
• 13 TCPA

Number of unique Plaintiffs: 6607 (including multiple plaintiffs in one suit)

The most active consumer attorneys of the year:

• Representing 343 Consumers: Ryan Scott Lee
• Representing 222 Consumers: Nicholas J. Bontrager
• Representing 176 Consumers: Kenneth R. Hiller
• Representing 169 Consumers: Todd Michael Friedman
• Representing 145 Consumers: Daniel A. Edelman

• 367 Fair Debt Collection Practices Act
• 75 Fair Credit Reporting Act
• 1 Telephone Consumer Protection Act
• 24 Truth In Lending Act
• 1 Driver’s Privacy Protection Act
• 2 California Unfair Competition Law
• 1 Consumer Legal Remedies Act
• 1 Home Ownership And Equity Protection Act
• 2 Unjust Enrichment
• 5 Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act
• 1 Personal Injury
• 1 Unfair Business Practices
• 1 Credit Repair Organizations Act
• 1 Equal Credit Opportunity Act

• Of those cases, there were about 506 unique plaintiffs (including multiple plaintiffs in one suit).
• Of those plaintiffs, about 104 had sued under consumer statutes before.
• Combined, those 104 plaintiffs have filed about 706 lawsuits since 2001
• Actions were filed in 120 different US District Court branches.
• About 513 different collection firms and creditors were sued.

The top courts where lawsuits were filed:

• 39 Lawsuits: Illinois Northern District Court – Chicago
• 33 Lawsuits: California Central District Court – Western Division – Los Angeles
• 20 Lawsuits: Minnesota District Court – DMN
• 17 Lawsuits: Pennsylvania Eastern District Court – Philadelphia
• 15 Lawsuits: Texas Southern District Court – Houston
• 12 Lawsuits: Colorado District Court – Denver
• 12 Lawsuits: Florida Middle District Court – Tampa
• 12 Lawsuits: Georgia Northern District Court – Atlanta
• 12 Lawsuits: Pennsylvania Middle District Court – Scranton
• 11 Lawsuits: Arizona District Court – Phoenix

The most active consumer attorneys were:

• Representing 26 Consumers: Ryan Scott Lee
• Representing 12 Consumers: Brent F. Vullings
• Representing 11 Consumers: David J. Philipps
• Representing 11 Consumers: Nicholas J. Bontrager
• Representing 10 Consumers: Alan C. Lee
• Representing 10 Consumers: Diana P. Larson
• Representing 10 Consumers: Kenneth W. Pennington
• Representing 9 Consumers: E David Hoskins
• Representing 9 Consumers: Matthew William Kiverts
• Representing 9 Consumers: Todd Michael Friedman

Statistics Year to Date:

6160 total lawsuits for 2009:

• 5111 FDCPA
• 853 FCRA
• 9 TCPA

Number of unique Plaintiffs: 6126 (including multiple plaintiffs in one suit)

The most active consumer attorneys of the year:

• Representing 335 Consumers: Ryan Scott Lee
• Representing 214 Consumers: Nicholas J. Bontrager
• Representing 171 Consumers: Kenneth R. Hiller
• Representing 156 Consumers: Todd Michael Friedman
• Representing 137 Consumers: Amanda R. Jordan

WebRecon LLC Adds About a Dozen New Consumer Statutes to its Watchlist

Grand Rapids, MI (Sept 7, 2009) – In response to popular demand from the ARM industry, WebRecon LLC has begun tracking many more consumer statutes than before. In addition to FDCPA, FCRA and TCPA, clients can now expect to see lawsuits classified under Truth in Lending, Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act, Equal Credit Opportunity Act and many more in the WebRecon database. However, FDCPA and FCRA remain by far the most active consumer protection statutes in use today.

Collection agencies and original creditors alike will benefit from the greatly expanded scope of consumer rights lawsuits and the litigious consumers who file them.

There were about 354 FDCPA cases and 49 FCRA lawsuits in the first half of August.

• Of those cases, there were about 403 unique plaintiffs (including multiple plaintiffs in one suit).
• Of those plaintiffs, about 81 had sued under FDCPA, FCRA or TCPA before.
• Combined, those 81 plaintiffs have filed about 198 lawsuits since 2001
• Actions were filed in 93 different US District Court branches.
• About 278 different collection firms were sued.

The top courts where lawsuits were filed:

• 27 Lawsuits: Illinois Northern District Court – Chicago
• 18 Lawsuits: Colorado District Court – Denver
• 15 Lawsuits: California Southern District Court – San Diego
• 15 Lawsuits: Pennsylvania Western District Court – Pittsburgh
• 14 Lawsuits: California Central District Court – Los Angeles
• 13 Lawsuits: Arizona District Court – Phoenix
• 13 Lawsuits: Pennsylvania Eastern District Court – Philadelphia
• 12 Lawsuits: California Northern District Court – San Francisco
• 12 Lawsuits: Florida Southern District Court – Fort Lauderdale
• 12 Lawsuits: New York Eastern District Court – Brooklyn

The most active consumer attorneys were:

• Representing 30 Consumers: Ryan Scott Lee
• Representing 21 Consumers: Nicholas J. Bontrager
• Representing 15 Consumers: Brent F. Vullings
• Representing 14 Consumers: David Michael Larson
• Representing 13 Consumers: Donald A. Yarbrough
• Representing 13 Consumers: Todd Michael Friedman
• Representing 12 Consumers: Garrett I. Elias
• Representing 11 Consumers: Adam Jon Fishbein
• Representing 11 Consumers: David J. Philipps
• Representing 9 Consumers: Daniel A. Edelman

Statistics Year to Date: 5652 total lawsuits for 2009:

• 4755 FDCPA
• 796 FCRA
• 5 TCPA

Number of unique Plaintiffs: 5650 (including multiple plaintiffs in one suit)

The most active consumer attorneys of the year:

• Representing 307 Consumers: Ryan Scott Lee
• Representing 205 Consumers: Nicholas J. Bontrager
• Representing 168 Consumers: Kenneth R. Hiller
• Representing 157 Consumers: Daniel A. Edelman
• Representing 154 Consumers: Adam Theodore Hill

http://www.credit.com/news/experts/2009-08-14/debt-collectors-and-creditors-beware-fcra-and-fdcpa-lawsuits-skyrocket.html

The second half of July saw us crack 5000 FDCPA/FCRA lawsuits for the year. This is nearly three months ahead of last year – in 2008, we didn’t reach 5000 lawsuits until the 2nd week of October.

If you would like to segregate known litigants from your database easily and inexpensively, call us at 616-682-5327 or visit webrecon.com to sign up for the FDCPA Litigant Alert service.

FDCPA Lawsuit Statistics, July 16-31, 2009

There were about 423 FDCPA cases and 79 FCRA lawsuits in the second half of July.

• Of those cases, there were about 528 unique plaintiffs (including multiple plaintiffs in one suit).
• Of those plaintiffs, about 117 had sued under FDCPA, FCRA or TCPA before.
• Combined, those 117 plaintiffs have filed about 639 lawsuits since 2001
• Actions were filed in 107 different US District Court branches.
• About 345 different collection firms were sued.

The top courts where lawsuits were filed:

• 34 Lawsuits: California Central District Court – Western Division – Los Angeles
• 30 Lawsuits: Illinois Northern District Court – Chicago
• 23 Lawsuits: Florida Southern District Court – Fort Lauderdale
• 21 Lawsuits: Pennsylvania Eastern District Court – Philadelphia
• 20 Lawsuits: Georgia Northern District Court – Atlanta
• 18 Lawsuits: California Southern District Court – San Diego
• 13 Lawsuits: New York Eastern District Court – Brooklyn
• 13 Lawsuits: New York Western District Court – Buffalo
• 12 Lawsuits: Colorado District Court – Denver
• 11 Lawsuits: California Eastern District Court – Sacramento
• 11 Lawsuits: New York Southern District Court – Foley Square
• 10 Lawsuits: Arizona District Court – Phoenix
• 10 Lawsuits: Florida Middle District Court – Tampa
• 10 Lawsuits: Florida Southern District Court – Miami
• 10 Lawsuits: New York Eastern District Court – Central Islip
• 10 Lawsuits: New York Southern District Court – White Plains

The most active consumer attorneys were:

• Representing 29 Consumers: Sergei Lemberg
• Representing 18 Consumers: Donald A. Yarbrough
• Representing 17 Consumers: Nicholas J. Bontrager
• Representing 16 Consumers: Todd M Friedman
• Representing 14 Consumers: George Thomas Martin, Iii
• Representing 13 Consumers: Adam Theodore Hill
• Representing 10 Consumers: Daniel A. Edelman
• Representing 9 Consumers: Adam Jon Fishbein
• Representing 9 Consumers: Brent F. Vullings
• Representing 9 Consumers: David Michael Larson
• Representing 9 Consumers: Jody B. Burton
• Representing 9 Consumers: Susan A Landgraf

Statistics Year to Date:

5039 total lawsuits for 2009:

• 4320 FDCPA
• 714 FCRA
• 5 TCPA

Numbers of unique Plaintiffs: 5203 (including multiple plaintiffs in one suit)

The most active consumer attorneys of the year:

• Representing 280 Consumers: Ryan Lee
• Representing 182 Consumers: Nicholas J Bontrager
• Representing 167 Consumers: Adam Theodore Hill
• Representing 165 Consumers: Kenneth R. Hiller
• Representing 159 Consumers: Daniel A. Edelman
• Representing 134 Consumers: Adam Jacob Krohn
• Representing 133 Consumers: Amanda R. Jordan
• Representing 129 Consumers: Todd M Friedman
• Representing 127 Consumers: Sergei Lemberg
• Representing 113 Consumers: George Thomas Martin, Iii
• Representing 107 Consumers: David M Marco
• Representing 104 Consumers: David Michael Larson

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FDCPA Lawsuit Statistics, July 1-15, 2009

• There were about 227 FDCPA cases and 70 FCRA lawsuits in the first half of July (numbers are down a bit due to the Independence Day holiday).
• Of those cases, there were about 399 different plaintiffs (including multiple plaintiffs in one suit).
• Of those plaintiffs, about 85 had sued under FDCPA, FCRA or TCPA before.
• Combined, those 85 plaintiffs have filed about 542 lawsuits since 2001
  Actions were filed in 79 different US District Courts
• About 277 different collection firms were sued.

The top states where lawsuits were filed:
64 lawsuits: California
34 lawsuits: Florida
27 lawsuits: Michigan
27 lawsuits: New York
22 lawsuits: Georgia
19 lawsuits: Ohio
18 lawsuits: Texas
16 lawsuits: Colorado

The most active consumer attorneys were:
Representing 46 consumers: Bruce K. Warren
Representing 46 consumers: Brent F. Vullings
Representing 41 consumers: Alexander Holmes Burke
Representing 33 consumers: Carlo Sabatini
Representing 31 consumers: Adam Theodore Hill
Representing 27 consumers: David M Marco

The most active consumer litigants were:
Filed 3 lawsuits: Camille Weiss
Filed 3 lawsuits: Marianne E. Lattal
Filed 3 lawsuits: Prestine Menighan

Statistics Year to Date:

4631 total lawsuits for 2009:
3901 FDCPA
635 FCRA
5 TCPA

The most active consumer attorneys of the year:
Representing 266 plaintiffs: Ryan Lee
Representing 165 plaintiffs: Nicholas J Bontrager
Representing 159 plaintiffs: Kenneth R. Hiller

The most active consumer litigants of the year:
Filed 16 lawsuits: Robert Tucker
Filed 11 lawsuits: Christy Kemper
Filed 10 lawsuits: Gary Collins

Jack Gordon, CEO
WebRecon LLC, The FDCPA Litigant Alert
Web: www.WebRecon.com
Email: admin@webrecon.net
Phone: (616) 682-5327

? There were about 449 FDCPA cases and 68 FCRA lawsuits in the second half of June.
? Of those cases, there were about 491 different plaintiffs (including multiple plaintiffs in one suit).
? Of those plaintiffs, about 77 had sued under FDCPA, FCRA or TCPA before.
? Combined, those 77 plaintiffs have filed about 532 lawsuits since 2001
? About 317 different collection firms were sued.

The top states where lawsuits were filed:
94 lawsuits: California
59 lawsuits: New York
47 lawsuits: Florida
39 lawsuits: Pennsylvania
35 lawsuits: Illinois
35 lawsuits: Texas
26 lawsuits: Georgia
21 lawsuits: Colorado
20 lawsuits: New Jersey
19 lawsuits: Alabama

The most active consumer attorneys were:
Representing 24 plaintiffs: Todd Michael Friedman
Representing 17 plaintiffs: Brent F. Vullings
Representing 15 plaintiffs: David Michael Larson
Representing 15 plaintiffs: Dennis R. Kurz
Representing 13 plaintiffs: Adam Jacob Krohn
Representing 13 plaintiffs: Abraham Kleinman
Representing 10 plaintiffs: Mark D. Mailman

Statistics Year to Date:

4223 total lawsuits for 2009:
? 3654 FDCPA
? 564 FCRA
? 5 TCPA

WebRecon will have an exhibition booth (#821) at the upcoming ACA conference this July. If you are going to be there, please be sure to find us and introduce yourself!

As always, if you have any questions, comments or issues, or can be of service in any way, please contact us anytime.

? There were 399 FDCPA cases and 40 FCRA lawsuits in the first half of June.
? Of those cases, there were about 465 different plaintiffs (including multiple plaintiffs in one suit).
? Of those plaintiffs, about 75 had sued under FDCPA, FCRA or TCPA before.
? Combined, those 75 plaintiffs have filed about 500 lawsuits since 2001
? Of the 399 FDCPA cases, about 308 different collection firms were sued.

The top states where lawsuits were filed:
73 lawsuits: CALIFORNIA
61 lawsuits: NEW YORK
41 lawsuits: FLORIDA
31 lawsuits: MINNESOTA
24 lawsuits: PENNSYLVANIA
23 lawsuits: ILLINOIS
22 lawsuits: ALABAMA

The most active consumer attorneys were:
31 lawsuits: SERGEI LEMBERG (NY, CT, MA, FL)
26 lawsuits: MARK L VAVRECK (MN)
16 lawsuits: NICHOLAS J. BONTRAGER (CA)
14 lawsuits: DAVID J. PHILIPPS (IL)
12 lawsuits: RYAN S LEE (CA)
11 lawsuits: MARY ELIZABETH PHILIPPS (IL)
10 lawsuits: DONALD A. YARBROUGH (FL)
10 lawsuits: ADAM JON FISHBEIN (NY)

Statistics Year to Date:

3834 total lawsuits for 2009:
? 3325 FDCPA
? 506 FCRA
? 3 TCPA

The top states where lawsuits have been filed:
691 lawsuits: CALIFORNIA
535 lawsuits: NEW YORK
392 lawsuits: FLORIDA
339 lawsuits: ILLINOIS
318 lawsuits: PENNSYLVANIA

Jack Gordon, CEO
WebRecon LLC, The FDCPA Litigant Alert
Web: www.WebRecon.com
Email: admin@webrecon.net
Phone: (616) 682-5327

* There were 299 FDCPA cases and 35 FCRA lawsuits in the second half of May.

* Of those cases, there were about 364 different plaintiffs (including multiple plaintiffs in one suit).

* Of those plaintiffs, about 60 had sued under FDCPA, FCRA or TCPA before.

* Combined, those 60 plaintiffs have filed about 102 lawsuits since 2001

* Of the 299 FDCPA cases, about 263 different collection firms were sued.

* The top states where lawsuits were filed: California (57 lawsuits), Illinois (41 lawsuits), Pennsylvania (35 lawsuits), New York (31 lawsuits), Florida (23 lawsuits), Michigan (20 lawsuits)

* The most active litigants were Elizabeth Fenley in Los Angeles (sued 4 collection agencies) and Christy Kemper in Missouri (sued 3 collection agencies)

* The most active consumer attorneys were Todd Michael Friedman (sued 21 collection agencies), Mary Elizabeth Philipps (sued 15 collection agencies), David J. Philipps (sued 15 collection agencies), Daniel A. Edelman (sued 14 collection agencies), Nicholas J Bontrager (sued 13 collection agencies), Mark D. Mailman (sued 13 collection agencies), Larry Paul Smith (sued 12 collection agencies), Ryan Scott Lee (sued 10 collection agencies)

Statistics Year to Date:

* 3343 total lawsuits for 2009: 2876 FDCPA, 464 FCRA, 3 TCPA

* The most active litigants have been Robert Tucker in Florida (sued 13 collection agencies), Christy Kemper in Missouri (sued 11 collection agencies), and Eric Beeders in Florida (sued 9 collection agencies)

* The top states where lawsuits have been filed: California (562 lawsuits), New York (399 lawsuits), Florida (292 lawsuits), Illinois (290 lawsuits), Pennsylvania (261 lawsuits)

If you would like us to do all the work, simply go to the technical support link on the site and follow the links to submit a file of accounts to be batched through the litigant database. We will format it, process it and return the results to you within one business day (but usually just a few minutes). There is no extra charge for this service.

Statistics from May 1-15, 2009…

* There were 355 FDCPA cases and 68 FCRA lawsuits in the first half of May.
* Of those cases, there were about 395 different plaintiffs.
* Of those plaintiffs, about 75 had sued under FDCPA, FCRA or TCPA before.
* Combined, those 75 plaintiffs have filed about 280 lawsuits since 2001
* Of the 355 FDCPA cases, about 250 different collection firms were sued.

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