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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Ohio Court Throws Out FCRA Case Based on Initial Grade
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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9th 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...
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Pepsi 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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Blumenthal Nordrehaug and Bhowmik File a Class Action Lawsuit Against Marriott Ownership Resorts, Inc. For Allegedly Violating the California Labor Code and the FCRA
Blumenthal, Nordrehaug and Bhowmik filed a proposed class action complaint against Marriott Ownership Resorts, Inc., for allegedly failing to...
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Seventh Circuit Finds No Standing When Background Check Disclosures Contain Extraneous Information
In August, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals claimed that a plaintiff who alleges extraneous information in a background check disclosure form...
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Walmart Class Action Says Background Checks Violate Federal Law
Walmart is facing a class action lawsuit alleging that the company violates the Fair Credit Reporting Act by using unauthorized background checks...
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Postmates Courier Background Check Class Action Settlement
When Postmates failed to hire potential candidates based on background checks, the applicants argued the business was in violation of the federal...
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Ninth Circuit Holds that Plaintiff Adequately Alleged Article III Standing
The Ninth Circuit recently issued its decision on remand in Spokeo, reversing and remanding the case to the District Court. The Ninth Circuit...
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