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SUMMARY:Beating Back Experian's Attempts to Compel FCRA Claims into Arbitration
DESCRIPTION:Over the past few years\, Experian has started aggressively moving to force FCRA claims out of court and into arbitration. To many\, this might seem surprising. After all\, Experian doesn’t enter into contracts with consumers\, so how could it force consumers into arbitration–which is a right created by contract? The answer is that Experian relies on contracts between consumers and affiliated companies that provide credit monitoring services. It argues that broad language in those contracts allows it to compel unrelated FCRA claims into arbitration. That argument has found some purchase with federal courts around the country. But there are strategies–both legal and factual–that you can use to defeat Experian’s attempts to force your client’s claim out of court. This webinar will focus on those strategies and discuss in detail the arguments and approach you should consider when confronting an Experian motion to compel arbitration. \n\nWhat You Will Learn\n• How to understand an Experian motion to compel arbitration\n• What legal arguments may be available to you when opposing such a motion\n• How to develop a factual record and lay the groundwork to successfully oppose a motion to compel \n\nSpeaker\nMatt Wessler is a principal at Gupta Wessler LLP\, where he focuses on public interest and plaintiffs’-side appellate and complex litigation. Matt handles high-profile cases at all levels of both state and federal court and regularly appears before the U.S. Supreme Court. In recent years\, he has argued and won significant class-action\, workers-rights\, and consumer-protection appeals in multiple federal courts of appeal on issues including arbitration\, payday lending\, antitrust\, civil procedure\, class-action practice\, and preemption. He has substantial expertise handling significant FCRA appeals. For his “excellence in appellate advocacy in America\,” Matt was awarded the 2020 Pound Civil Justice Institute Appellate Advocacy Award. \n\nPlease note that live webinars are free to all NACA members. After the webinar has aired\, registrants will need to purchase the webinar if they want to view it. Non-members who purchased the webinar and higher level/firm members with full access to the Training Library will have access to the webinar after it has aired. \n 
URL:https://www.consumeradvocates.org/events/online-training-courses/beating-back-experians-attempts-to-compel-fcra-claims-into-arbitration/
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SUMMARY:Stop the Insanity! – Learn how TCPA Can Turn Spam into Cases
DESCRIPTION:How would you like to collect $1\,500 every time your phone rang with yet another fake solicitation to update non-existent warranties\, or buy health care coverage? The Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) provides victims $500-$1\,500 per violating call. Learn how you can help your clients stop the insanity and get compensated for the harassment they have endured. \n\nWhat You Will Learn \n\nWhat types of cases can (still) be brought under the TCPA:\n\n\nPrerecorded Message and VOIP/ Ringless voicemails\nText Message\nDo Not Call Registry\nInternal Do Not Call (a.k.a. “company specific DNC”)\nFaxes\n\n\nHow to spot the issues\, using (mostly) real-world hypotheticals\nHow to choose the right plaintiffs … and find the right defendants\nHow to prepare for expected changes in the year ahead.\n\n\nSpeakers \nAlex Burke graduated from Colgate University in 1997 (B.A. International Relations)\, and from Loyola University Chicago School of Law in 2003 (J.D.). Alex has lived in Chicago\, Manhattan\, Washington DC and Buenos Aires (among others). Alex has focused on individual and class action TCPA cases since approximately 2008\, has nearly 200 TCPA decisions on Westlaw and enforced the TCPA to obtain more than $300\,000\,000 in aggregate relief for his clients and class members. Alex lives in Evanston\, Illinois (just north of Chicago) with his family\, and when he’s not on discovery meet-and-confer calls\, he enjoys fishing\, hiking\, boating\, cycling and – more than anything – travel. \nTav Gomez graduated from Florida State University in 1997 (B.A. Political Science and History)\, and from Florida State University School of Law in 2000 (J.D.). Tav was born in Colombia but has lived in Florida for the last 30 years.  Tav was the Head of the Consumer protection for Morgan & Morgan specializing in the TCPA\, FDCPA\, FCRA and FCCPA. He has appeared in over one thousand lawsuits filed in Federal Court alone\, nearly all of them Consumer related and over 650 of them being TCPA cases. Tav has been involved with numerous large nationwide TCPA class action settlements resulting in hundreds of millions of dollars in recovery for Plaintiffs. Tav currently owns his own firm and lives in Tampa\, Florida with his family\, and enjoys not eating pickles.
URL:https://www.consumeradvocates.org/events/online-training-courses/stop-the-insanity-learn-how-tcpa-can-turn-spam-into-cases/
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