Debt Collection and Credit Reporting Litigation and Enforcement Actions: Developing Effective Defense Strategies for New and Emerging Claims and Managing Government Enforcement Actions Arising From the FDCPA and the FCRA
Neal F. Bailen
Stites & Harbison PLLC
Geoffrey K. Milne
Hunt Leibert Jacobson, PC
Dylan W. Howard
Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC
- Trends in FDCPA litigation
- New and innovative FDCPA claims from the plaintiffs’ bar – and how to defend against them
- Minimizing the risk of exposure to FDCPA claims
- Heightened scrutiny of potential FDCPA violations
- Impact of CFPB rulemaking on debt collection litigation
- Preparing for and managing actions taken by state attorneys general and federal and state regulatory agencies relating to debt collection practices
- How debt collectors have adapted their internal compliance and auditing policies and procedures to minimize future litigation
- Understanding and making use of statistics and data related to debt collection litigation
- Strategies for calculating damages based on net worth
- Assessing the risks associated with sales of debt by creditors
- How clients are working with debt collectors to ensure proper oversight
- Chain of title issues
- Potential impact of the Supreme Court’s decision as to whether a plaintiff asserting a claim under a statute providing for statutory damages (specifically, the FCRA) has standing to bring the case when the plaintiff has suffered no damages
- Impact of CFPB and FTC actions relating to the FCRA
- Trends in FCRA litigation
- Best practices for defending against FCRA claims and class actions
- Minimizing the risk of exposure to FCRA claims
- State claims and FCRA preemption
