Quick analysis: Summer Vacations? July Lawsuits Down It looks like lots of consumers went to the beach instead of the courthouse last month. All three of the main statutes were down: FDCPA (-10.3%), TCPA (-27.8%) and FCRA (-13.3%), though FCRA maintains its status as the only major consumer statute growing year-over-year with a +6.5 growth rate …
Quick analysis: Everything was up in June. CFPB complaints (+16.3%), FDCPA (+2%), FCRA (+18.9%), TCPA (+62.2%!). Of those complaint categories, CFPB complaints and FCRA litigation are also up significantly over June of 2020 (+41.9% and +35.6%, respectively) as well as YTD (+36.3% and +7.4%, respectively). FDCPA and TCPA, on the other hand, are both slightly down …
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Quick analysis: FDCPA cases (+4.1%) are the only consumer complaint category up in May. Take a wild guess as to why that might be. Spoiler alert… it starts with “Hun” and ends with “Stein”. As of today, there are at least 225 filings since late April that could be considered copycat Hunstein cases. TCPA cases …
Quick analysis: FDCPA Up, TCPA/FCRA Down, CFPB Way Up YTD In an unusual reversal of fortunes, FDCPA (+4.7%) numbers are up in April 2021 while TCPA (-30.7%) and FCRA (-13.4%) numbers are down. YTD is a bit of a different story with FDCPA (-15.7%) and TCPA (-57.2%) down, and FCRA (+3.4%) up. Note: That YTD TCPA …
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Quick analysis: Here’s a novel twist on recent history… FDCPA (+18.7%), TCPA (+24.4%) and FCRA(+25%) numbers, as well as CFPB complaints (+28.5%) against debt collectors, were all up – by double digit percentages – in March. Even so, FDCPA (-19.7%) and TCPA (-43.8%) were both down year-to-date from 2020. FCRA (+5.7%) and CFPB complaints (+42.9%) are …
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Quick analysis: Everything is down. FDCPA down. TCPA down. FCRA down. It’s all down month over month. It’s all down YTD. It’s all down year over year. It’s all down. Except for CFPB complaints. Those are up +4.4% for the month and a whopping +35.5% YTD. In other news, putative class actions represented 15.1% of FDCPA, …
WebRecon Stats for Feb 2021: Everything is down, except… Read More »
Quick analysis: 2021 Starts Down Compared To 2020 It’s something, right? All three of the major statutes are down in January from where they were a year ago at this time: FDCPA (-24.3%), FCRA (-4.4%) and TCPA (-55.6%). Of course, FCRA and TCPA are both up over December 2020 (+3.1% and +23.2% respectively) and FDCPA is …
Quick analysis: Well, 2020 ended pretty much as it ran throughout the year. FDCPA suits were down fairly dramatically from 2019 at -17.6%, TCPA was down more nominally at -3.3%, but it was actually more dramatic than that due to some early-year suits that distorted the numbers, and FCRA ended up +5.3% – the only consumer …
Quick analysis: Lots of good news for debt collectors in November’s litigation numbers… FDCPA and FCRA are way down for the month of November (-19%, -24.9% respectively), while TCPA is up 5.6% over last month. Year to date, it is FDCPA and TCPA that are down (-17.1%, -1.7% respectively) while FCRA is the only one that …
WebRecon Stats for Nov 2020: A Good Month for Debt Collectors… Read More »
Quick analysis: Happy Thanksgiving! Amid an unremarkable month, we are prepared to make some official predictions about the final numbers for the year. But first, the month. CFPB complaints (+4.8%), FCRA suits (+11.4%) and TCPA suits (+2.9%) were all up this month, while FDCPA suits (-5.2%) were down. Similar trending is in place for all of …
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