Category Archives: Blog/Litigation Stats
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…
TCPA Cracks 4k, Smashes Record with 2 Months Still to Go, 5k in Sight?: October 2016 Stats from WebRecon
Quick analysis: October was a mixed bag compared to September: FDPCA was down by 10.3%, FCRA up by a whopping 25.4% and TCPA essentially broke even with 450 cases, up just one from September’s 249. Even though TCPA was unmoved, it did reach an important milestone with another one very likely imminent. It smashed through the…
Do you remember… when September was still unpredictable? Debt Collection Litigation & CFPB Complaint Stats, Sept 2016
Quick analysis: Do you remember… when September was still unpredictable? FDCPA filings in September had an almost 10% increase over those in August, while FCRA dipped by 26% and TCPA reversed a big August slump and grew by almost 14%. However, all statutes are still on track to fulfill destinies that were set early this year.…
Same As It Ever Was… FDCPA Snaps 5 Month Decline: Debt Collection Litigation & CFPB Complaint Stats, August 2016
Quick analysis: August… same as it ever was. With one slight exception, August continued many of the patterns that have become common this year. That exception? FDCPA lawsuits snapped a five-month losing streak in terms of month-over-month filings. Even so, it was only with a 1.4% increase, and it wasn’t enough to break the YTD trend…