FDCPA and Other Consumer Lawsuit Statistics, January 16-31, 2012
FDCPA and Other Consumer Lawsuit Statistics, January 16-31, 2012 Quick analysis: The second half of Jan 2012 roared back from a slow start, with strong increases in litigation for three of the four main statutes we track (FDCPA, FCRA, TCPA) FDCPA lawsuits jumped to 491 from 377 in the first half of January (and up […]
FDCPA and Other Consumer Lawsuit Statistics, January 1-15, 2012
FDCPA and Other Consumer Lawsuit Statistics, January 1-15, 2012 Quick analysis: FDCPA and TCPA lawsuits are down, FCRA and TILA lawsuits are up. FDCPA lawsuits are starting the year off slow (377 this period compared to 431 in the same period last year). FCRA looks to be continuing its solid growth (66 this period compared […]
FDCPA and Other Consumer Lawsuit Statistics, Full Year 2011 Recap
FDCPA and Other Consumer Lawsuit Statistics, Full Year 2011 Recap 2011 ended with another record year in consumer litigation. Notably, FCRA, TCPA and Truth-in-Lending lawsuits were all up very significantly over 2010, each setting new records. FCRA litigation had a big jump after several years of relatively flat numbers, TCPA litigation more than doubled, and […]
FDCPA and Other Consumer Lawsuit Statistics, December 16-31, 2011
FDCPA and Other Consumer Lawsuit Statistics, December 16-31, 2011 There were about 453 lawsuits filed under consumer statutes in the second half of December 2011. Here is an approximate breakdown: • 397 FDCPA • 63 FCRA • 53 TILA • 26 TCPA Summary: • Of those cases, there were about 507 unique plaintiffs (including multiple […]
FDCPA and Other Consumer Lawsuit Statistics, December 1-15, 2011
This period’s statistics are skewed by one very large lawsuit, the third such instance in recent months. “Bonne V. Encore Capital Group,” with 168 unique plaintiffs, was filed Dec. 8 by attorney Dale Wood Pittman. This more than doubles the number of consumers Pittman has represented in 2011 to 309, up from 141 in the […]
FDCPA and Other Consumer Lawsuit Statistics, November 16-30, 2011
FDCPA and Other Consumer Lawsuit Statistics, November 16-30, 2011 There were about 423 lawsuits filed under consumer statutes in the second half of November 2011. Here is an approximate breakdown: • 385 FDCPA • 58 FCRA • 13 TCPA • 40 TILA Summary: • Of those cases, there were about 463 unique plaintiffs (including multiple […]
FDCPA and Other Consumer Lawsuit Statistics, November 1-15, 2011
FDCPA and Other Consumer Lawsuit Statistics, November 1-15, 2011 There were about 536 lawsuits filed under consumer statutes in the first half of November 2011. Here is an approximate breakdown: • 472 FDCPA • 84 FCRA • 11 TCPA • 26 TILA Summary: • Of those cases, there were about 553 unique plaintiffs (including multiple […]
FDCPA and Other Consumer Lawsuit Statistics, October 16-31, 2011
FDCPA and Other Consumer Lawsuit Statistics, October 16-31, 2011 There were about 552 lawsuits filed under consumer statutes in the second half of October 2011. Here is an approximate breakdown: • 492 FDCPA • 83 FCRA • 23 TILA • 21 TCPA Summary: • Of those cases, there were about 561 unique plaintiffs (including multiple […]
FDCPA and Other Consumer Lawsuit Statistics, October 1-15, 2011
** The most significant news of this period is that in the first few days of November, we are about to sail past 10,000 Federal FDCPA filings, on the way to an estimated 12,000 for the year 2011. This is a full month ahead of last year, when the 10,000th FDCPA suit was filed on […]
FDCPA and Other Consumer Lawsuit Statistics, September 16-30, 2011
The very significant spike in consumers represented in FDCPA, FCRA and TILA suits during this period are almost entirely due to two attorneys – Feng Li and Joshua Shelton. New Jersey’s Feng Li has filed a small handful of consumer lawsuits in the past, but in this two week period filed 23 lawsuits representing a […]