Written By Digital Content Editor Thomas Ahearn A provider of outsourced labor to companies has agreed to pay $225,000 to settle a class action lawsuit for allegedly violating the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) by failing to provide pre-adverse action notices when using background check reports to take adverse employment actions against applicants and…
Written By Digital Content Editor Thomas Ahearn On July 19, 2022, a former employee of a logistics company filed a class action lawsuit that claimed the alleged procurement of background checks for employment purposes without the required disclosures and written authorization in violation of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), according to a report on…
Written By Digital Content Editor Thomas Ahearn On July 12, 2022, a federal court rejected an attempt to impose liability against the Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) of the three largest nationwide Credit Reporting Agencies (CRAs) – Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion – over claims that the CEOs and CRAs allegedly violated the federal Fair Credit Reporting…
Written By Digital Content Editor Thomas Ahearn The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has issued an advisory opinion on “Fair Credit Reporting; Permissible Purposes for Furnishing, Using, and Obtaining Consumer Reports” to ensure that companies using and sharing background checks have a “permissible purpose” under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). The FCRA ensures fair…
Written By Digital Content Editor Thomas Ahearn On July 1, 2022, Florida Senate Bill 898 (SB 898) – also known as “Miya’s Law” in honor of Miya Marcano, a 19-year-old college student who was killed by a worker at the apartment complex where she lived in 2021 – will take effect and improve tenant safety in…
Written By Digital Content Editor Thomas Ahearn A Florida-based cannabis dispensary that sells marijuana products has agreed to pay $60,500 to resolve a class action lawsuit that claimed the company allegedly violated the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) with unlawful background checks, according to a report on the Top Class Actions website. Top Class…
Written By Digital Content Editor Thomas Ahearn On June 28, 2022, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued an interpretive rule titled “The Fair Credit Reporting Act’s Limited Preemption of State Laws” that affirmed the abilities of states to protect their residents through their own fair credit reporting laws, according to a news release from…
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 Effective July 1, 2022, the three nationwide credit reporting agencies (NCRAs) – Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion – will remove nearly 70 percent of medical collection debt tradelines from consumer credit reports to support consumers faced with unexpected medical bills, according to a joint statement from the three NCRAs.…
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