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The total value of the settlement will be about $7.25 billion. [9] [10] This amount could be decreased based on the number of plaintiffs who opt-out. [11] A part of the settlement that allows merchants to charge fees to customers paying via credit card in order to recoup swipe fees took effect on January 27, 2013.
Congress in 1996 expanded the law to permit lawsuits against "persons" that give credit information to credit reporting agencies. Nandan Joshi, Kirtz's lawyer, on Monday urged the justices to find ...
On July 14, 2009, the Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson brought a lawsuit against the National Arbitration Forum for consumer fraud, deceptive trade and false statements in advertising. [18] Key to their complaint was allegations that the NAF had deliberately hidden its ties to the businesses it represented and actively encouraged their ...
The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA), Pub. L. 95-109; 91 Stat. 874, codified as 15 U.S.C. § 1692 –1692p, approved on September 20, 1977 (and as subsequently amended), is a consumer protection amendment, establishing legal protection from abusive debt collection practices, to the Consumer Credit Protection Act, as Title VIII of that Act.
The lawsuits drove the company to declare bankruptcy in 1995, before it agreed to pay $2.3 billion to settle claims from 240,000 women in amounts ranging from $2,000 to $250,000 each in 2004 ...
National Organization for Women v. Scheidler: anti-abortion activities: Supreme Court of the United States: 1994 Payment Card Interchange Fee and Merchant Discount Antitrust Litigation: price fixing and other allegedly anti-competitive trade practices in the credit card industry: 2012 Pigford v. Glickman
On March 15, 2024, the National Association of Realtors announced that it would settle the lawsuit rather than appeal. The group agreed to change how commissions are paid and to pay back $418 million over four years. [16] The judge presiding over the case granted preliminary approval to the settlement on April 23, 2024. [17]
U.S. state laws on fair debt collection generally fall into two categories: laws which require persons who are collecting debts from consumers to be licensed, registered or bonded in order to collect from consumers in their states, and laws that protect consumers from specific unfair practices by debt collectors, which may include collection agencies and sometimes original creditors. [2]