Creditors Facing FCRA Suit for Sending Card to Other Person with Same Name as Plaintiff
- A retailer and the company it uses to issue its store-branded credit cards are facing a Fair Credit Reporting Act lawsuit because they sent a new card to someone else with the same name as the plaintiff instead of the plaintiff and all of the subsequent transactions showed up on the plaintiff’s account and credit report.
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Judge Remands Class Action Back to State Court
- A District Court judge in Washington has remanded a class-action lawsuit back to state court because the plaintiff removed any claims related to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act in an amended complaint and because the defendant was unable to convince the judge to keep the case in federal court under the Class Action Fairness Act.
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NCLC Report Criticizes State’s Inabilities to Protect Consumers from Judgments, Garnishments
- Maybe it’s time the National Consumer Law Center (NCLC) lowers its standards. For the fifth year in a row, not one of the 50 states met all five of the advocacy group’s standards for protecting consumers and their property from asset seizures and garnishments. On top of that, the only state that earned a “A” grade last year had its mark slip to a B+ because of inflation.
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FTC Issues Warning About QR Code Scams
- The Federal Trade Commission has issued a warning to consumers about QR codes and how they are being used to potentially scam individuals and steal their personal and financial information.
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