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Kevin Connor is an associate in Dykema's privacy and data security group. Mr. Connor’s practice includes advising domestic and international clients on issues of breach response, employee training, risk assessment, policies and procedures, corporate compliance projects and revising services agreements to include adequate privacy and data security protections. Mr. Connor also has extensive litigation experience that includes representing clients in all phases of contract disputes, torts, commercial foreclosures, and criminal cases.

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A court settlement involving Illinois lenders suggests that Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan is making good on her promise to crack down on lenders’ attempts to charge excessive fees to debtors. The settlement in Illinois v. CMK Investors, Inc., which the Attorney General’s office announced this week, requires CMK Investors, Inc. to both cease efforts to collect on accounts with excessive fees and reimburse customers who overpaid. The settlement also permanently and immediately prohibits CMK from making loans with an interest rate above the state’s 36 percent limit.

A court settlement involving Illinois lenders suggests that Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan is making good on her promise to crack down on lenders’ attempts to charge excessive fees to debtors. The settlement in Illinois v. CMK Investors, Inc., which the Attorney General’s office announced this week, requires CMK Investors, Inc. to both cease efforts to collect on accounts with excessive fees and reimburse customers who overpaid. The settlement also permanently and immediately prohibits CMK from making loans with an interest rate above the state’s 36 percent limit.Continue Reading Lenders Beware: Settlement Suggests Illinois Attorney General Is Cracking Down on Interest Fees

In Bravo v. Midland Credit Management, Inc., the plaintiff urged the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit to take a liberal view of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act’s (FDCPA) prohibition against contacting a consumer once he is represented by counsel, or after he has refused to pay a debt. The court dismissed all of plaintiff’s claims, shutting the door on an aggressive attempt to broaden the FDCPA’s reach.
Continue Reading Seventh Circuit Rejects Attempt to Expand Liability Under FDCPA

On January 20, 2016, the Supreme Court ruled that companies cannot defeat class action suits by making settlement offers to named plaintiffs. In a 6-3 decision, the Justices held in Campbell-Ewald Co. v. Gomez that an offer of compensation, equal to or greater than the maximum potential individual damages to a defendant, does not erase a defendant’s interest in a case. The ruling could significantly hinder companies’ ability to overcome pending class action suits.
Continue Reading Supreme Court Says Companies Cannot Use Settlement Offers to Overcome Class Actions