Hyman, S. J. & Kenney, A. B. (Fall 2016). “The Effect of the FDCPA’s Class-Action Penalty Cap on Class Certification”, 69 CONF. CONS. FIN. L. Q., 137 -141.

Scott J. Hyman and Austin B. Kenney discuss the factors affecting the judicial interpretation of the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act’s $500,000 liability cap on certified class claims, with an eye to the effect of putative class members’ potentially minuscule recovery on judicial treatment of the Federal Rules’ “superiority” requirements.

FDCPA Class Action Cap Article Published