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...
MoreNinth 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...
MoreEleventh 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...
MoreReminder: 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...
MoreHow 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...
MoreOhio 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...
MoreBackground 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...
MoreFormer 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...
MoreCalifornia 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...
MoreEmployers Prevail in FCRA Class Actions
In Lewis v. Southwest Airlines, the plaintiff asserted classwide and “willful” violations of the Fair Credit Reporting Act’s...
More9th Circuit Affirms Dismissal of FCRA Putative Class Action for Lack of Standing
The Ninth Circuit has ruled that the plaintiff in Bassett v. ABM Parking Services, Inc., et al., Case No. 2:16-CV-00947 (9th Cir. 1018) failed to...
MorePepsi Class Action Says Background Checks Violate Federal Law
Altareek Grice has alleged in a class action lawsuit against Pepsi that the company obtained a consumer report from him without his knowledge or...
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