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WebRecon Oct 2023 Stats: TCPA & FCRA Down, FDCPA Up

Quick analysis: TCPA & FCRA Down, FDCPA Up for Oct Well, it’s another month with sort of weird results. Somewhat bucking long term trends, FDCPA (+14.7%) suits were up in October while TCPA (-17.3%) and FCRA (-7.8%) were both down. YTD however, TCPA (+11.5%) was the only one up from last year, while FDCPA (-13.4%) and …

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WebRecon Sept 2023 Stats: The Pendulum…

Quick analysis: The Pendulum… September saw the consumer complaint pendulum keep on swinging. After August’s big month for lawsuits, most were back down in the month-over-month comparisons. FCRA suits were the exception – while FCRA had been the one consistent growth area in consumer litigation over the last couple of years, they’ve tended to swing with …

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WebRecon Aug 2023 Stats: The Roller Coaster

Quick analysis: The Roller Coaster Continues After a down June and a mixed July, lawsuits and complaints were up across the board again in August. FDCPA complaints (+15%) led the pack with FCRA (+6.5%) and TCPA (+5.3%) following. In spite of all the month-over-month increases, only TCPA (+13.2%) remains up YTD, with FDCPA (-21.4%) and FCRA …

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WebRecon July 2023 Stats: Mixed Results

Quick analysis: Quick analysis: Mixed Results Well, it was bound to happen. Statistically speaking, anyway. For the first time I can remember in nearly 15 years of tracking these numbers, we had a 0.0% month-over-month change in one of the statutes (TCPA). Relevant? No. Meaningful? Also no. But interesting to me nonetheless, and since I write …

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WebRecon June 2023 Stats: Another “Down” Month

Quick analysis: Another “Down” Month Alright, this is kind of funny. The numbers have been swinging pretty wildly this year so far, because I just looked over the headlines of each month’s blog post and this is what they say: Jan: WebRecon Stats: 2023 Starts With Some Bite (Lawsuits Up) Feb: Feb 2023 WebRecon Stats: The …

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WebRecon March 2023 Stats: Increased Complaints Across the Board

Quick analysis: Increased Complaints Across the Board In March, some ground was made up against February’s much lower-than-normal numbers with FDCPA (+9.5%), FCRA (+20.9%) and FCRA (+27.1%) all way up over the previous month, and CFPB complaints even got in on the action with a +15% increase as well. Year-to-date, FDCPA (-31.8%) and FCRA (-9.4%) are …

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WebRecon Stats: 2023 Starts With Some Bite

Quick analysis: 2023 Starts With Some Bite January ’23 continued December ’22s trend of two out of three statutes (plus CFPB complaints) being up for the month. It was just a different two. In January, CFPB complaints (+20.9%), FDCPA (+15.5%) and TCPA (+41.5%) were all up by significant margins, while FCRA (-2.7%) was down nominally. CFPB …

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