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On October 5, 2016, two district courts came to opposite conclusions on whether putative class action plaintiffs had standing to bring claims based on prospective employers’ failure to comply with Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) disclosure requirements. In Moody v….
A California federal judge recently dismissed a class action in which Bobby Dutta alleged State Farm did not provide him an opportunity to dispute findings on his credit report before denying him employment as an agent. The plaintiff could not prove that any harm had…
A woman who recently lost a JPMorgan Chase Bank NA job offer due to the FBI’s fingerprint background check service also lost the Fair Credit Reporting Act class action because she failed to genuinely demonstrate the claim. The bank’s request was granted…
A class of job seekers and background check company S2Verify must go back to the drawing board over their proposed $1 million settlement to close a Fair Credit Reporting Act case because it is “overbroad,” a California federal judge said Monday. S2Verify, which…
Background screening company LexisNexis recently was required to pay $375,000 in damages when a client was bought out by another company who used its services to screen current employees to determine hiring eligibility. LexisNexis failed to use the middle name of an…
After the Supreme Court vacated and remanded the Ninth Circuit’s decision in Spokeo, Inc. v. Robins, the parties again appeared before the lower court, arguing over whether a purely technical violation of the FCRA is sufficient to satisfy the concreteness requirement…
In Long v. Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation, the named plaintiffs applied for positions as bus operators with the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA). SEPTA allegedly extended each of the plaintiffs a conditional offer of employment,…
After a battle of motions between the parties, a Wisconsin federal judge dismissed a proposed class action for alleged violations under the FCRA against Cory Groshek. Why is this important? Well, some of you may be familiar with Groshek as he is a noted (some may say…
In January 2015, CoryGroshek sent a 2,300-word missive to representatives for Time Warner Cable, threatening to sue for violations of a consumer-protection law called the Fair Credit Reporting Act. The message relayed Groshek’s confidence that he could win a…
Beginning July 7, 2016, employers in Philadelphia may not consider credit history or other credit-related information for job-related decisions for many non-managerial jobs. This change stems from an amendment to the Fair Practices Ordinance approved by City Council…