Category Archives: Blog/Litigation Stats
WebRecon Stats for August 2017: The Big Rebound to Averageness
Quick analysis: After July’s stunning drop in consumer litigation across the board, August saw an almost equally stunning course correction, bringing all three main statutes (FDCPA, TCPA, FCRA) to within 5% of where they were at the same time last year. The big three statutes are all up double digits over the previous month (FDCPA…
WebRecon Stats for July 2017: A Stunning Fall… (+BBB!)
Quick analysis: A Stunning Fall… And we ain’t talking about the coming autumn. FDCPA, FCRA and TCPA litigation all tumbled in July, after two of the three fell in June as well. May was the last robust month for consumer litigation. How much did the numbers fall? All three statutes were down between 20% and 40%…
WebRecon Stats for June 2017: Mostly Downward Movement, But Not Really…
Quick analysis: WebRecon Stats for June 2017: Mostly Downward Movement, But Not Really… Quick analysis: After a very robust May, June tells a different story with CFPB complaints down 26.1%, FDCPA complaints down 7.8%, TCPA complaints down 11.3% and FCRA complaints up 2.4%. But… CFPB complaints are still up 21.7% year-to-date (YTD), TCPA complaints are still…
WebRecon Stats: Lawsuit Complaints Surge in May 2017
Quick analysis: Lawsuit Complaints Surge in May After a month of stunning declines (in April) across the board in consumer litigation, the numbers came roaring back with equally stunning increases in May. The end result? Everything is pretty much back on track, in line with last year and years prior. FDCPA had the weakest comeback, with…
WebRecon Stats for April 2017: A Pre-Summer Dip?
Quick analysis: A Pre-Summer Dip? April consumer litigation took a bit of a dive in April 2017. The last time the big three statutes (FDCPA, TCPA, FCRA) collectively were lower was all the way back in Jan 2016, though the numbers we saw in Dec 2016 comes close. Compared to last month (March 2017), all three…
WebRecon Stats for Mar 2017: What’s up with CFPB Complaints?
Quick analysis: What’s up with CFPB Complaints? March was a robust month in consumer complaints, with FDCPA, TCPA and FCRA all easily exceeding February and keeping us within a percent or two of last year’s numbers – with the exception of this year’s second breakout month for FCRA (there have only been three months so far!)…
WebRecon Stats for Feb 2017: Consumer Litigation Down a Bit, Up a Bit… CFPB Complaints Explode
Quick analysis: Quick analysis: Consumer Litigation Down a Bit, Up a Bit in Feb 2017 Consumer litigation last month was mostly flat for FDCPA (up .7%), down a lot for FCRA (-36.3%) and down a bit for TCPA (-6.7%). While that seems like a good trend, it did not change the fact that all three categories…
WebRecon Stats for Jan 2017: Happy New Year… for Plaintiffs
Quick analysis: Happy New Year… for Plaintiffs It looks like 2017 is starting off with a litigation uptick across the board. FDCPA: Jan was up 4.3% over (prev month) Dec, and 4.1% over (previous year) Jan 2016 TCPA: Jan was up 11% over (prev month) Dec, and 11.7% over (previous year) Jan 2016 FCRA: Jan was…
2016 Year in Review: FDCPA Down, FCRA & TCPA Up
Quick analysis: 2016 Year in Review: FDCPA 12% Down, FCRA Up 3.9% & TCPA Up 31.8% 2016 ended about as we expected, with: A significant loss of traction for FDCPA, down 12% from 2015 (though, notably, still higher than 2014) FCRA more or less treading water with a less-than-anticipated 3.9% growth rate from 2015, but maintaining…
Happy Holidays: FDCPA to crack 10k, TCPA to miss important milestone…
Quick analysis: Happy Holidays: FDCPA to crack 10k, TCPA to miss important milestone… Well, with the year almost over, it seems safe to make a couple of predictions about how consumer litigation will shake out for 2016. First, FDCPA cases will break 10k for the year 2016 in December, but it will fall far short from…