Rent-A-Center West, Inc v. Antonio Jackson, The Supreme Court of the United States, No. 09-497, March 31, 2010

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit correctly held below that, under the FAA, a court must decide a threshold dispute over whether an arbitration clause is enforceable…

Virginia Circle v. Chase Bank USA, N.A., U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, on Appeal from The United States District Court, Western District of Missouri.

NACA and NCLC have filed this brief out of concern that two recent Missouri appellate cases directly conflict with this Court’s decision of October 6, 2009. The two Missouri cases…

Karen L. Jerman, Petitioner, v. Carlisle, McNellie, Rini, Kramer & Ulrich, LPA and Adrienne S. Foster, Respondents; Supreme Court of the United States, No. 08-1200.

Under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, a debt collector may avoid liability by showing beyond a preponderance of the evidence that its violation of the Act “was not intentional…

Cases 08-13510-BB and 08-13616-BB (consolidated), Bobbie Harris v. Mexican Specialty Foods, Inc. and Julie Best Grimes v. Rave Motion Pictures, Birmingham, LLC et al, In The United States Court of Appeals For The Eleventh Circuit

Congress’s findings and statement of purpose when it enacted the FCRA, its ongoing oversight, and its recent amendments demonstrate the significance it rightly placed on the integrity and confidentiality of…

Chase Bank N.A. v. Vincent L. Leggio, Court of Appeal, Second Circuit, State of Louisiana, Civil Case, Docket Number 43,567-CA

NACA is concerned about the increasing use of private, secret arbitration proceedings before the National Arbitration Forum (NAF) to collect consumer debts. In this particular case, NACA is concerned with…

NCO Portfolio Management Company, Inc. v. Bertram Gougisha, Court of Appeal, Fifth Circuit, State of Louisiana, No. 07-CA-604 and 07-CA-884

Case involves issues of substantial public interest that should be clarified by the court, including that an arbitrator cannot declare their own jurisdiction, and that a party seeking to confirm…

Amicus Brief filed in the case of Irene Hoffman, et al, v. Northern States Power Company, D/B/A Excel Energy, No. A062275 of the State of MInnesota Supreme Court

The Lower Court created new law when it barred judicial rate interpretation and ignored this court’s binding precendent to the contrary. The Lower Court’s ruling would deprive Minnesota courts of…

Amicus Brief on NAF’s Abuse of Consumers in Debt Collection Cases

This case poses a simple question, which is of great consequence to Louisiana consumers: in a judicial proceeding to confirm an arbitration award, must the plantiff prove that the parties…

Amicus Brief in the case of Joseph Iannacchino, Victor Marchese and Soledad Berrios v. Ford Motor Company

This brief of amici curiae in support of the Iannacchino plaintiffs-appellants is collectively submitted by seven public interest organizations including NACA.