Federal · Title 15 — Commerce and Trade

15 U.S.C. § 1679g: Civil liability

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the amount of any actual damage sustained by such person as a result of such failure; or any amount paid by the person to the credit repair organization. In the case of any action by an individual, such additional amount as the court may allow. the aggregate of the amount which the court may allow for each named plaintiff; and the aggregate of the amount which the court may allow for each other class member, without regard to any minimum individual recovery. In the case of any successful action to enforce any liability under paragraph (1) or (2), the costs of the action, together with reasonable attorneys’ fees. the frequency and persistence of noncompliance by the credit repair organization; the nature of the noncompliance; the extent to which such noncompliance was intentional; and in the case of any class action, the number of consumers adversely affected.

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