Grand Rapids, MI (October 23, 2009) – They’re giving it all away, for free.
In an effort to combat the exploding number of FDCPA lawsuits plaguing American collection agencies, law firms and debt buyers, WebRecon LLC has announced an offer to scrub every collection firm’s consumer database, free of charge and with no further commitment or obligation. The offer covers each firm’s entire database, or up to 5 million consumers per company.
“Nearly 1000 new litigants are emerging every month, and 2009 is on track for a 40% spike in the number of FDCPA/FCRA lawsuits over 2008,” says company CEO Jack Gordon, who is a former collection agency owner himself.
He adds, “Debt collectors are under attack seemingly from every corner – radicalized debtors, consumer attorneys, federal agencies, Congress, state legislators, state attorney generals and the media. I am looking to give those who are the most besieged something of extraordinary value.”
Every lawsuit prevented can save many thousands of dollars. According to Gordon, a typical agency can identify dozens or even hundreds of prior litigants and head off any potential impending action from them.
The service, which is priced lower than the cost of defending or settling a single typical lawsuit per year, includes four components to help agencies identify prior litigants:
A searchable database of consumer lawsuits to find individual litigants, defendants or attorneys.
A batch process that can segregate prior litigants at the rate of one million accounts per hour.
A semi-monthly spreadsheet of all new litigation.
The semi-monthly ‘Litigant Hotsheet’ which quickly identifies the most active consumer litigants.
The companies that take advantage of this offer will have the option, at the end of the free scrub, to continue with the month-to-month service.
“Of course, I hope many of them will choose to stay on,” said Gordon, “but even if they just try it out and find some value from their initial scrubs, I will be happy to see them benefit from denying the professional litigants out there additional opportunities to extort money from our industry.”
Any collection firms who wish to learn more can visit www.webrecon.com/free
This offer expires on December 31, 2009, and slots are expected to fill up quickly.
About WebRecon LLC: 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.
For more information or interview requests, please contact:
Jack Gordon, CEO
WebRecon LLC, The FDCPA Litigant Alert
Web: www.WebRecon.com
Email: admin@webrecon.net
Phone: (616) 682-5327
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Friday, October 23, 2009
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Which U.S. President Signed the FDCPA Into Law?
FACT or FICTION?
The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) was signed into law by U.S. President John F. Kennedy.
And, the survey says . . . . . FICTION!
The FDCPA (HR 5294) was signed into law by President Jimmy Carter at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, September 20, 1977!
Read President Carter's speech on HR 5294 here.
The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) was signed into law by U.S. President John F. Kennedy.
And, the survey says . . . . . FICTION!
The FDCPA (HR 5294) was signed into law by President Jimmy Carter at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, September 20, 1977!
Read President Carter's speech on HR 5294 here.
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
WebRecon LLC Adds About a Dozen New Consumer Statutes to its Watchlist
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
WebRecon LLC Adds About a Dozen New Consumer Statutes to its Watchlist
Grand Rapids, MI (Sept 7, 2009) – In response to popular demand from the ARM industry, WebRecon LLC has begun tracking many more consumer statutes than before. In addition to FDCPA, FCRA and TCPA, clients can now expect to see lawsuits classified under Truth in Lending, Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act, Equal Credit Opportunity Act and many more in the WebRecon database. However, FDCPA and FCRA remain by far the most active consumer protection statutes in use today.
Collection agencies and original creditors alike will benefit from the greatly expanded scope of consumer rights lawsuits and the litigious consumers who file them.
Additionally, WebRecon LLC is happy to announce a new category of membership – for only $19/month, members will receive a hotlist of all new repeat litigants twice monthly, as well as the ability to query the database for individual litigant names. This category of membership does not include batching capability.
The following statistics are provided to the ARM industry courtesy of WebRecon LLC.
FDCPA and Other Consumer Rights Lawsuit Statistics, August 16-31, 2009
There were about 475 lawsuits filed under tracked consumer statutes in the second of August. Here is an approximate breakdown:
- 367 Fair Debt Collection Practices Act
- 75 Fair Credit Reporting Act
- 1 Telephone Consumer Protection Act
- 24 Truth In Lending Act
- 1 Driver's Privacy Protection Act
- 2 California Unfair Competition Law
- 1 Consumer Legal Remedies Act
- 1 Home Ownership And Equity Protection Act
- 2 Unjust Enrichment
- 5 Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act
- 1 Personal Injury
- 1 Unfair Business Practices
- 1 Credit Repair Organizations Act
- 1 Equal Credit Opportunity Act
- Of those cases, there were about 506 unique plaintiffs (including multiple plaintiffs in one suit).
- Of those plaintiffs, about 104 had sued under consumer statutes before.
- Combined, those 104 plaintiffs have filed about 706 lawsuits since 2001
- Actions were filed in 120 different US District Court branches.
- About 513 different collection firms and creditors were sued.
The top courts where lawsuits were filed:
39 Lawsuits: Illinois Northern District Court - Chicago
33 Lawsuits: California Central District Court - Western Division - Los Angeles
20 Lawsuits: Minnesota District Court - DMN
17 Lawsuits: Pennsylvania Eastern District Court - Philadelphia
15 Lawsuits: Texas Southern District Court - Houston
12 Lawsuits: Colorado District Court - Denver
12 Lawsuits: Florida Middle District Court - Tampa
12 Lawsuits: Georgia Northern District Court - Atlanta
12 Lawsuits: Pennsylvania Middle District Court - Scranton
11 Lawsuits: Arizona District Court - Phoenix
The most active consumer attorneys were:
Representing 26 Consumers: Ryan Scott Lee
Representing 12 Consumers: Brent F. Vullings
Representing 11 Consumers: David J. Philipps
Representing 11 Consumers: Nicholas J. Bontrager
Representing 10 Consumers: Alan C. Lee
Representing 10 Consumers: Diana P. Larson
Representing 10 Consumers: Kenneth W. Pennington
Representing 9 Consumers: E David Hoskins
Representing 9 Consumers: Matthew William Kiverts
Representing 9 Consumers: Todd Michael Friedman
Statistics Year to Date:
6160 total lawsuits for 2009:
5111 FDCPA
853 FCRA
9 TCPA
Number of unique Plaintiffs: 6126 (including multiple plaintiffs in one suit)
The most active consumer attorneys of the year:
Representing 335 Consumers: Ryan Scott Lee
Representing 214 Consumers: Nicholas J. Bontrager
Representing 171 Consumers: Kenneth R. Hiller
Representing 156 Consumers: Todd Michael Friedman
Representing 137 Consumers: Amanda R. Jordan
About WebRecon LLC: 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.
For more information, please contact:
Jack Gordon, CEO
WebRecon LLC, The FDCPA Litigant Alert
Web: www.WebRecon.com
Email: admin@webrecon.net
Phone: (616) 682-5327
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Tuesday, September 1, 2009
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Tuesday, August 25, 2009
FDCPA Lawsuit Statistics, August 1-15, 2009
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Grand Rapids, MI (August 20, 2009) – FDCPA Lawsuit Statistics, August 1-15, 2009. This service is provided to the ARM industry courtesy of WebRecon LLC.
There were about 354 FDCPA cases and 49 FCRA lawsuits in the first half of August.
• Of those cases, there were about 403 unique plaintiffs (including multiple plaintiffs in one suit).
• Of those plaintiffs, about 81 had sued under FDCPA, FCRA or TCPA before.
• Combined, those 81 plaintiffs have filed about 198 lawsuits since 2001
• Actions were filed in 93 different US District Court branches.
• About 278 different collection firms were sued.
The top courts where lawsuits were filed:
• 27 Lawsuits: Illinois Northern District Court – Chicago
• 18 Lawsuits: Colorado District Court – Denver
• 15 Lawsuits: California Southern District Court – San Diego
• 15 Lawsuits: Pennsylvania Western District Court – Pittsburgh
• 14 Lawsuits: California Central District Court – Los Angeles
• 13 Lawsuits: Arizona District Court – Phoenix
• 13 Lawsuits: Pennsylvania Eastern District Court – Philadelphia
• 12 Lawsuits: California Northern District Court – San Francisco
• 12 Lawsuits: Florida Southern District Court – Fort Lauderdale
• 12 Lawsuits: New York Eastern District Court – Brooklyn
The most active consumer attorneys were:
• Representing 30 Consumers: Ryan Scott Lee
• Representing 21 Consumers: Nicholas J. Bontrager
• Representing 15 Consumers: Brent F. Vullings
• Representing 14 Consumers: David Michael Larson
• Representing 13 Consumers: Donald A. Yarbrough
• Representing 13 Consumers: Todd Michael Friedman
• Representing 12 Consumers: Garrett I. Elias
• Representing 11 Consumers: Adam Jon Fishbein
• Representing 11 Consumers: David J. Philipps
• Representing 9 Consumers: Daniel A. Edelman
The most active consumer litigants were:
• Filed 7 lawsuits: Joe Hannan
• Filed 6 lawsuits: Lynette Constable
• Filed 5 lawsuits: Michael Sirbu
• Filed 3 lawsuits: Craig Hauser
• Filed 3 lawsuits: Teresa L Pennington
Statistics Year to Date: 5652 total lawsuits for 2009:
• 4755 FDCPA
• 796 FCRA
• 5 TCPA
Number of unique Plaintiffs: 5650 (including multiple plaintiffs in one suit)
The most active consumer attorneys of the year:
• Representing 307 Consumers: Ryan Scott Lee
• Representing 205 Consumers: Nicholas J. Bontrager
• Representing 168 Consumers: Kenneth R. Hiller
• Representing 157 Consumers: Daniel A. Edelman
• Representing 154 Consumers: Adam Theodore Hill
The most active consumer litigants of the year:
• Filed 16 Lawsuits: Robert Tucker
• Filed 12 Lawsuits: Christy Kemper
• Filed 10 Lawsuits: Gary Collins
For more information, please contact:
Jack Gordon, CEO
WebRecon LLC, The FDCPA Litigant Alert
Web: www.WebRecon.com
Email: admin@webrecon.net
Phone: (616) 682-5327
Grand Rapids, MI (August 20, 2009) – FDCPA Lawsuit Statistics, August 1-15, 2009. This service is provided to the ARM industry courtesy of WebRecon LLC.
There were about 354 FDCPA cases and 49 FCRA lawsuits in the first half of August.
• Of those cases, there were about 403 unique plaintiffs (including multiple plaintiffs in one suit).
• Of those plaintiffs, about 81 had sued under FDCPA, FCRA or TCPA before.
• Combined, those 81 plaintiffs have filed about 198 lawsuits since 2001
• Actions were filed in 93 different US District Court branches.
• About 278 different collection firms were sued.
The top courts where lawsuits were filed:
• 27 Lawsuits: Illinois Northern District Court – Chicago
• 18 Lawsuits: Colorado District Court – Denver
• 15 Lawsuits: California Southern District Court – San Diego
• 15 Lawsuits: Pennsylvania Western District Court – Pittsburgh
• 14 Lawsuits: California Central District Court – Los Angeles
• 13 Lawsuits: Arizona District Court – Phoenix
• 13 Lawsuits: Pennsylvania Eastern District Court – Philadelphia
• 12 Lawsuits: California Northern District Court – San Francisco
• 12 Lawsuits: Florida Southern District Court – Fort Lauderdale
• 12 Lawsuits: New York Eastern District Court – Brooklyn
The most active consumer attorneys were:
• Representing 30 Consumers: Ryan Scott Lee
• Representing 21 Consumers: Nicholas J. Bontrager
• Representing 15 Consumers: Brent F. Vullings
• Representing 14 Consumers: David Michael Larson
• Representing 13 Consumers: Donald A. Yarbrough
• Representing 13 Consumers: Todd Michael Friedman
• Representing 12 Consumers: Garrett I. Elias
• Representing 11 Consumers: Adam Jon Fishbein
• Representing 11 Consumers: David J. Philipps
• Representing 9 Consumers: Daniel A. Edelman
The most active consumer litigants were:
• Filed 7 lawsuits: Joe Hannan
• Filed 6 lawsuits: Lynette Constable
• Filed 5 lawsuits: Michael Sirbu
• Filed 3 lawsuits: Craig Hauser
• Filed 3 lawsuits: Teresa L Pennington
Statistics Year to Date: 5652 total lawsuits for 2009:
• 4755 FDCPA
• 796 FCRA
• 5 TCPA
Number of unique Plaintiffs: 5650 (including multiple plaintiffs in one suit)
The most active consumer attorneys of the year:
• Representing 307 Consumers: Ryan Scott Lee
• Representing 205 Consumers: Nicholas J. Bontrager
• Representing 168 Consumers: Kenneth R. Hiller
• Representing 157 Consumers: Daniel A. Edelman
• Representing 154 Consumers: Adam Theodore Hill
The most active consumer litigants of the year:
• Filed 16 Lawsuits: Robert Tucker
• Filed 12 Lawsuits: Christy Kemper
• Filed 10 Lawsuits: Gary Collins
For more information, please contact:
Jack Gordon, CEO
WebRecon LLC, The FDCPA Litigant Alert
Web: www.WebRecon.com
Email: admin@webrecon.net
Phone: (616) 682-5327
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