Category Archives: Blog/Litigation Stats
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…
WebRecon Stats for November 2017: Bizarro Stats
Quick analysis: In the month of November, every type of complaint that was down for the month is up for the year, and vice versa. Sort of like the Bizarro version of the monthly stats! Other than that, all of the complaint types seem to be more or less sticking to the script for the month.…
WebRecon Stats for October 2017: TCPA’s October Surprise?
Quick analysis: Yep. TCPA. It looks like TCPA will end down from the previous year for the first time since, well, ever. Sitting at 3758 (at the end of Oct) with two months to go in 2017, it is really hard to see how TCPA makes up ground to surpass 2015’s record total of 4855 suits.…
WebRecon Stats for September 2017: Duck, Duck, Duck, Duck, FCRA
Quick analysis: In another month where just about every type of consumer complaint was down, FCRA broke out with an almost 60% increase over the prior month. Why? Who knows. But FCRA alone is on a bit of a tear this year, up 13.5% YTD while FDCPA and TCPA(!) are both down over 6% YTD.…
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…