Can an Investigation into Employee Misconduct be Considered a "Consumer Report?"
Four portfolio managers of Allstate suspected of "suspicious trading" were fired after an internal investigation was conducted and...
Update: The Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau recognizes some might find providing the addendum to be less burdensome than changing your...
Accurately Reported Enrollment & Degree Data is not Adverse Information
The Court has held that, "as a matter of law, []college attendance dates and degree-conferral status are not ‘adverse information’ under...
The Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act
If ever you see something in the news, or an email from us, indicating there has been some change to the FCRA, the Fair Credit Report...
Procedural FCRA Violation
There are three requirements for Article Three of the United States Constitution, which are the requirements that a plaintiff has the...
Northern District of AL Awarded Over $3mil to Plaintiff in Lawsuit Against Experian
A civil suit filed in the Northern District of Alabama, Younger v. portfolio Recovery Associates LLC et al., alleging Experian violated...
CRA Not Liable for Customer's Misuse of i
The Ninth Circuit decided that a CRA is not liable for misuse of information by a customer. An article by Troutman Sanders states: On...
Avis to Pay $2.7 Mil for Alleged FCRA Violations
June 9th, 2015 Avis was hit was a class action lawsuit over alleged FCRA Violations. The lead plaintiff, Angela Fuller, states she was...
Syed v M-I, LLC
The Ninth Circuit held that the inclusion of a liability waiver in the same document as the disclosure required by the FCRA is a...
Data Breach Class Action May Proceed on Basis of FCRA Violation Alone
The US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has ruled data breach class action law suits may proceed on the basis of a violation alone...