A private company that operates prisons, and a consumer background reporting firm are violating federal and state fair credit laws by not...
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Prison Operator GEO Accused of Fair Credit Act Breaches
Chipotle Faces Potential FCRA Class Action Lawsuit
A woman who applied for a job at Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. has filed a putative class action lawsuit against the national restaurant chain...
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Food Lion Parent Company Settles Multi-Million Dollar FCRA Background Screening Class Action
On March 2, the plaintiff’s counsel in Brown v. Delhaize America, LLC submitted an unopposed motion for preliminary approval, seeking Court...
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Universal Studios and the FCRA Roller Coaster
Universal Studios Orlando, the theme park and resort owned by NBCUniversal Inc., was hit with a putative class action accusing it of not properly...
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Georgia Law Taking Effect July 1 Offers FCRA Protections
Effective July 1, 2015, a new law in Georgia – House Bill 328 (HB 328) – will enact similar protections offered to consumers under...
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Class Action Lawsuit Claims Bank Violated FCRA with Background Checks
A federal court in Virginia has denied a motion for summary judgment in a class action complaint that claims Wells Fargo Bank violated the FCRA...
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FCRA Class Action Lawsuits Rise Sharply in June 2015
Fair Credit reporting Act (FCRA) class action lawsuits rose 26.8% from May 2015 to June 2015, and FCRA class action lawsuits rose 67.4% in June...
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Are you OK with the F-C-R-A?
The Fair Credit Reporting Act isn’t just about credit. If your company uses background checks in making personnel decisions, the FTC reminds...
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Insurer Required to Defend and Indemnify FCRA Action Despite Penalty Exclusions
The New York Supreme Court has issued an opinion finding that an insurer has a duty to defend and indemnify a national background screening...
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Georgia Enacts “Miniâ€-FCRA
For more than four decades, the FCRA has regulated CRAs that furnish consumer reports (i.e., background checks) to third parties such as...
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District Court Holds that Mailing Pre-Adverse and Adverse Action Letters Five Business Days Apart is Plausible FCRA Claim When it Conflicts with Content of Pre-Adverse Action Letter
In Moore v. Rite Aid Headquarters, the District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania ruled that the plaintiff had stated a plausible...
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Employers Can Check Applicants’ LinkedIn References Without Violating the FCRA
The United States District Court for the Northern District of California recently dismissed a proposed class action alleging that LinkedIn was a...
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