Category Archives: Blog/Litigation Stats
WebRecon Stats for Sept 2018: What Goes Up…
… must come down. After the first across-the-board rise in every complaint category (since early 2016) in August, we are now looking at a significant across-the-board drop in every category for September. How significant? Every category is down by double digits, from 16.8% (BCFP complaints) to 31.5% (TCPA complaints). What does this mean? Usually, not…
WebRecon Stats for August 2018: It’s a Sweep!
Quick analysis: It’s a sweep! For the first time in two and a half years (Feb 2016), every category of complaint we track on a monthly basis (FDCPA, FCRA, TCPA, BCFP and even BBB) are up over the previous month. Furthermore, all three lawsuits categories (FDCPA, FCRA, TCPA) are up by significant margins (24.1%, 13.6% and…
WebRecon Stats for July 2018: Summer Doldrums Continue (for Plaintiffs)
Quick analysis: Quick analysis: Summer Doldrums Continue (for Plaintiffs) With the exception of a minor (+1.6%) bump in FCRA claims, everything was down in July again. FDCPA and TCPA (-6.0%, -2.1% respectively) and CFPB complaints (-7.2%) all continued in their sluggish performance from June. Year-to-date, FCRA is still the only statute that is up for the…
WebRecon Stats for June 2018: Summer Slump?
Quick analysis: Summer slump… Everything was down in June. FDCPA, FCRA and TCPA (-2.4%, -26.6% and -20.9%, respectively) and CFPB complaints (-11.4%) all plummeted from what had been a strong May for all categories (except CFPB complaints, which were down a hair from April, -.8%). Year-to-date, FCRA is the only statute that is up for the…
WebRecon Stats for May 2018: Get back to where you once belonged.
Quick analysis: After an April of across-the-board drops in consumer complaint activity, May 2018 saw a bit of a rebound in every category except for CFPB complaints. But give those a week or two for the stragglers to come in, and we suspect those will be up as well. Notably, FDCPA is up 10.4% and…
WebRecon Stats for April 2018: I’m goin’ down, down, down, down…
Quick analysis: Everything was down last month. Even CFPB complaints, which have been on a tear, dropped by 10% from the previous month. And FCRA, which has been bucking all trends to have its breakout year, dropped by 9.7%. Those two categories, incidentally, are the only two that are still up YTD. Just down for the…
WebRecon Stats for Mar 2018: Strike That, Reverse It
Quick analysis: Sooo…. do you remember in January when we told you that the 4925 CFPB complaints filed that month blew past the previous record of 4648 CFPB complaints filed in March 2017? Well, it has happened again with 5225 complaints filed in March 2018, eclipsing January’s record of 4925. Beyond that, we saw an interesting…
WebRecon Stats for Feb 2018: Is FCRA the New TCPA?
Quick analysis: Is FCRA the New TCPA? Prelude…vcra big picture. In a month where the numbers of every other type of complaint was a bit depressed, FCRA has continued its remarkable growth streak, with a strong 422 plaintiffs represented in February invoking the statute. FCRA used to be the ugly stepchild to TCPA, the statute that…
WebRecon Stats for Jan 2018: Starting with a Bang
Quick analysis: 2018 started with a bit of a bang. FDCPA complaints were at their highest since Aug 2017, FCRA and TCPA were both up from last month and even with all of the drama around CFPB leadership, CFPB complaints had (by far) their highest month ever with 4925 complaints. The next highest months were August…
WebRecon Stats for Dec 2017 & Year in Review
Quick analysis: Well, it’s done. The year 2017 ended on a bit of a whimper, with FDCPA litigation down -5.8% and TCPA (shockingly) down -9.3%. This is TCPA’s first year-over-year decline since TCPA lawsuits became more than a novelty in the late-2000’s. Only FCRA posted an increase, up +9.9% over 2016. Here are year-over-year litigation numbers…