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FDCPA and Other Consumer Rights Lawsuit Statistics, August 1-15, 2010

There were about 454 lawsuits filed under consumer statutes in the first half of August. Here is an approximate breakdown:

  • 433 Fair Debt Collection Practices Act
  • 30 Fair Credit Reporting Act
  • 10 Telephone Consumer Protection Act
  • 15 Truth In Lending Act
  • 2 Driver’s Privacy Protection Act
  • 1 Equal Credit Opportunity Act
  • 1 Electronic Fund Transfers Act
  • 1 Fair Credit Billing Act
  • 3 Home Affordable Modification Program
  • 2 Home Ownership And Equity Protection Act
  • 9 Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act
  • 3 Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act
  • 1 State of Alabama Consumer Statutes
  • 28 State of California Consumer Statutes
  • 4 State of Colorado Consumer Statutes
  • 5 State of Connecticut Consumer Statutes
  • 18 State of Florida Consumer Statutes
  • 3 State of Maryland Consumer Statutes
  • 1 State of New York Consumer Statutes
  • 2 State of North Carolina Consumer Statutes
  • 7 State of Pennsylvania Consumer Statutes
  • 2 State of South Carolina Consumer Statutes
  • 4 State of Texas Consumer Statutes
  • 7 State of West Virginia Consumer Statutes

Summary:

  • Of those cases, there were about 469 unique plaintiffs (including multiple plaintiffs in one suit)
  • Of those plaintiffs, about 153 had sued under consumer statutes before.
  • Combined, those 153 plaintiffs have filed about 850 lawsuits since 2001
  • Actions were filed in 100 different US District Court branches.
  • About 426 different collection firms and creditors were sued.

The top courts where lawsuits were filed:

  • 40 Lawsuits: Illinois Northern District Court – Chicago
  • 25 Lawsuits: Pennsylvania Eastern District Court – Philadelphia
  • 24 Lawsuits: Minnesota District Court – DMN
  • 21 Lawsuits: Florida Southern District Court – Fort Lauderdale
  • 21 Lawsuits: Colorado District Court – Denver
  • 16 Lawsuits: Connecticut District Court – New Haven
  • 14 Lawsuits: New York Southern District Court – Foley Square
  • 13 Lawsuits: New York Western District Court – Buffalo
  • 12 Lawsuits: Missouri Eastern District Court – St. Louis – Eastern Division
  • 12 Lawsuits: New York Eastern District Court – Central Islip

The most active consumer attorneys were:

  • Representing 34 Consumers: Jack Dennis Card, Jr
  • Representing 17 Consumers: David J. Philipps
  • Representing 17 Consumers: Michael S Agruss
  • Representing 16 Consumers: Mark L. Vavreck
  • Representing 16 Consumers: Sergei Lemberg
  • Representing 14 Consumers: Brent F. Vullings
  • Representing 10 Consumers: Frank J. Borgese
  • Representing 10  Consumers: Todd Michael Friedman
  • Representing 10  Consumers: Craig Thor Kimmel
  • Representing 9  Consumers: William Franklin Horn

Statistics Year to Date

7169 total lawsuits for 2010, including:

  • 6711 FDCPA
  • 730 FCRA
  • 75  TCPA
  • 342  TILA (Truth in Lending Act)

Number of unique Plaintiffs: 6908 (including multiple plaintiffs in one suit)

The most active consumer attorneys of the year:

  • Representing 241 Consumers: Sergei Lemberg
  • Representing 209 Consumers: Brent F. Vullings
  • Representing 171 Consumers: David Michael Larson
  • Representing 159 Consumers: Todd Michael Friedman
  • Representing 146 Consumers: Donald A. Yarbrough

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Creditors and collection firms use WebRecon’s services to easily segregate predictably litigious consumers from their databases. A significant percentage of consumer litigation is initiated by the same consumers over and over again, and screening them out of the general population can reduce lawsuits by as much as a third.


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