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Seeger v. AFNI, Inc.

Class Actions, Communications Law, Consumer Protection Law, Contracts, Debt Collection
In a class-action suit charging defendant, a collector for Cingular Wireless, with violations of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) and...

Sherer v. Green Tree Servicing LLC

Banking Law, Consumer Protection Law, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Property Law & Real Estate
In a suit involving Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and Fair Credit Reporting Act claims, denial of a motion to compel arbitration is reversed...

Archer v. Nissan Motor Acceptance Corp.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Consumer Protection Law, Injury & Tort Law, Transportation
In a suit under the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA) and state law, alleging that defendant engaged in discriminatory dealer loans, and...

H&R Block, Inc. v. Am. Int'l Specialty Lines Ins. Co.

Banking Law, Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Tax Law
Class actions filed against nationwide tax preparer H&R Block asserting a variety of statutory and common law claims arising out of H&R's...

McKinney v. Cadleway Props., Inc.

Consumer Protection Law, Debt Collection
In a suit alleging that defendant violated the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) in its efforts to collect upon a debt, summary judgment for...

Sherer v. Green Tree Servicing LLC

Banking Law, Consumer Protection Law, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Property Law & Real Estate
In a suit involving Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and Fair Credit Reporting Act claims, denial of a motion to compel arbitration is reversed...

In Re: Sterten

Banking Law, Bankruptcy Law, Consumer Protection Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a bankruptcy proceeding, upon debtor's challenge to the claim of a mortgage corporation, seeking rescission of the loan upon which the claim was...

Thorogood v. Sears, Roebuck & Co.

Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, False Advertising, Product Liability
In a class-action suit claiming deceptive advertising by defendant of clothes dryers with stainless-steel drums, certification of a class under the...

Williamson v. Mazda Motor of America, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Consumer Protection Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Transportation
In a matter concerning a regulation promulgated under the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act which authorized automobile manufacturers to...

Cundiff v. Verizon California, Inc.

Class Actions, Communications Law, Consumer Protection Law, Corp. Governance, Remedies
Following judgment in favor of plaintiffs in a class action consumer protection suit against defendant-Verizon California alleging unfair business...