Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On May 6, 2022, a class of consumers asked a California federal court to approve a $9 million settlement in a class action lawsuit that was once ruled on by the Supreme Court of the United States to settle claims that nationwide credit reporting agency (NCRA) TransUnion…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On May 5, 2022, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) – two U.S. government agencies that enforce the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) – filed an amicus brief in a class action lawsuit that argued the FCRA does not distinguish between…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn A proposed class action lawsuit filed in a South Carolina district court claims a consumer reporting agency (CRA) “willfully” violated the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) by selling old and outdated traffic citation information to third parties that included prospective landlords, according to a report from…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn A proposed class action lawsuit is claiming a real estate investment trust that owns several hotels in New York City violated the Fair Chance Act (FCA) amendment to the New York City Human Rights Law (NYCHRL) by firing a bellperson on the basis of his conviction history,…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn A home improvement retailer is facing a proposed class action lawsuit claiming violations of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) that prohibits employers from taking adverse action against job applicants based on their background check report without first giving them a copy of the report, according to…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On January 26, 2022, a federal judge in a U.S. District Court in New York City said a convicted murderer who served 23 years in prison may pursue a proposed class action lawsuit against Amazon.com Inc. and its Whole Foods unit after he was turned down for…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On August 13, 2021, the United States District Court, Middle District of Florida certified an “Adverse Action Class” in the class action lawsuit LYTTLE v. TRULIEVE, INC. that claimed a cannabis company took adverse action against employees and applicants based on background checks in a way that…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On July 21, 2021, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled in a class action lawsuit filed against Amazon.com that time spent on an employer’s premises waiting to undergo, and undergoing, mandatory security screening constituted “hours worked” within the meaning of the Pennsylvania Minimum Wage Act (PMWA). This case…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On June 25, 2021, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) ruled in the case of TransUnion LLC v. Ramirez that a plaintiff must suffer a “concrete harm” resulting from a defendant’s statutory violation of federal law such as the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) to…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On May 3, 2021, a California federal court approved a settlement of $1.375 million in the class action lawsuit BAILEY and CARRASCO JR. v. ROMANOFF FLOOR COVERING, INC. where the Plaintiffs claimed the Defendant violated the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) by misusing consent forms to improperly…
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