Client Portals
A $1.8 million class action settlement has been reached to resolve charges against Home Depot over allegedly violating the FCRA by not having proper background check forms for its job applicants. According to the agreement, Class Members will receive anywhere from $15…
NYC Mayor Bill DeBlasio signed a bill (Int. 0261-2014) that amends the City’s Human Rights Law to prohibit most employers from inquiring into or considering a prospective or current employee’s credit history when making employment decisions. The law will…
This is a consumer class action based upon Defendant UBS Financial Services, Inc.’s (UBS) violations of the Fair Credit Reporting Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 1681 et seq. (FCRA). UBS systematically violates at least two sections of the FCRA: section 1681b(b)(2), by…
The provisions of FCRA apply to any business entity that seeks to use a “consumer report” – which broadly includes anything from a credit report to a criminal or even motor vehicle background check – for any “employment purposes.”…
Two data brokers have agreed to settle FTC charges that they violated the FCRA by providing reports about consumers to users such as prospective employers and landlords without taking reasonable steps to make sure that they were accurate, or without making sure their…
On December 2, 2013, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania opined on when employers’ deficient disclosures can make them liable under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (“FCRA”) in Reardon v. ClosetMaid Corporation, No. 2:08-CV-01730, 2013 U.S….
The Southern District of California has granted the United States’ motion to intervene in Dowell v. General Information Services, Inc. (GIS), to defend the constitutionality of 15 U.S.C. § 1681c, a provision of the FCRA. GIS contends that subsections (a)(2) and…
Plaintiffs’ counsel filed a Motion for Preliminary Approval of a Proposed Class Action Settlement against two Verisk Analytics companies – Intellicorp Records, Inc. and InsuranceInformation Exchange, LLC – for alleged violations of the Fair Credit…