Tennessee’s background check laws require employers to follow specific guidelines when conducting criminal background checks. Employers must...
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Navigating Tennessee Background Check Laws: A Guide for Employers
WebRecon Feb 2025 Stats: Mixed Month for Consumer Statutes, CFPB Complaints Way Up
February FCRA lawsuits were up (+8.2%), however, YTD lawsuits are actually the opposite, down (-0.1%).Continuing last year’s trend, CFPB...
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Ruling Raises Important Considerations for Independent Contractor Background Screening
A decision by the Southern District of Iowa in Smith v. Mutual of Omaha Insurance Company has provided some hope for those seeking ways to defend...
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Ninth Circuit Weighs in on Calculating the FCRA’s Seven-Year Reporting Rule
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals recently weighed in on a Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) case in which the plaintiff sued a consumer reporting...
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Eleventh Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Attempted FCRA Class Action Against Furnisher of Consumer Information
The Eleventh Circuit recently dismissed putative class action suit Hunt v. JP Morgan Chase Bank, Nat’l Ass’n, holding that the bank had not...
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Reminder: Confusing Background Check Disclosures Can Get an Employer in FCRA Hot Water!
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals recently granted a dismissal for lack of standing in Mitchell v. Winco Foods. The Fair Credit Reporting Act...
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How to Ward Off the Rising Number of Background Check Class Actions Summary
Companies are increasingly faced with class actions for alleged violations of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). FCRA claims related to...
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Ohio Court Throws Out FCRA Case Based on Initial Grade
Plaintiff Deloris Reid disclosed that she had been convicted of a misdemeanor assault a year before applying with grocery retailer Kroger. She...
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Background Screening Company Defeats FCRA Claim with Standing and Effective Procedures Defenses
An Ohio plaintiff’s claim under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) was thrown away because he couldn’t show that the report caused him an injury...
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Former Employees Hit Naples Hotel Group with FCRA Class Action Over Background Checks
A putative Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) class action, filed Feb. 13 in the Ninth Judicial Circuit Court in Orange County, Fla., has been...
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California Proposes New Liability Regime for Companies That Deal in Credit Reports
California’s Assembly Bill 1859 (AB 1859) aims to impose substantial new security obligations on consumer credit reporting agencies and companies...
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Employers Prevail in FCRA Class Actions
In Lewis v. Southwest Airlines, the plaintiff asserted classwide and “willful” violations of the Fair Credit Reporting Act’s...
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