Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On September 7, 2017 – ironically the same day nationwide credit reporting agency Equifax announced it had suffered a massive data breach – Congress held a hearing entitled “Legislative Proposals for a More Efficient Federal Financial Regulatory Regime” to consider six proposals including one called “The FCRA…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn A class action complaint filed against Marriott Ownership Resorts, Inc. claims the vacation ownership company allegedly violated the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) by failing to adequately disclose and obtain authorization to conduct background checks on job applicants.
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On August 4, 2017, a class action lawsuit filed in California federal court against Home Depot USA Inc. claimed the home improvement retailer willfully violated the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) with allegedly improper disclosures and authorizations on background check consent forms.
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On August 1, 2017, the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit held that a plaintiff who filed class action lawsuits claiming extraneous information in a background check disclosure form violated the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) lacked the necessary Article III standing under the…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On August 15, 2017, the Ninth U.S. Circuit Appeals Court ruled in the case of Robins v. Spokeo on remand from the Supreme Court of the United States that a man who claimed an online “people search engine” violated the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) by providing…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn Applicants who applied for job with Postmates – a logistics company that operates a network of couriers who deliver goods locally – may be entitled to payment from a $2.5 million class action lawsuit settlement fund over claims the company’s background check process allegedly violated the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA),…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn Walmart faces a class action lawsuit that claims the retail giant allegedly violated the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) and California law by using unauthorized background checks on job applicants and employees without properly obtaining legal authorization, according to a Top Class Actions report.
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On August 2, 2017, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ordered JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. to pay a $4.6 million penalty for failing to comply with obligations outlined in the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) related to the accuracy of information about consumer checking account behavior provided…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn A California Superior Court Judge has granted a motion for class certification for two certified Classes of job applicants in a lawsuit that claims Disneyland background checks for employment did not comply with the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), according to a report from Top Class Actions.
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On June 15, 2017, a Judge in the Northern District of Texas issued a Memorandum Opinion and Order granting a dismissal for the defendants in a class action lawsuit, Dyson v. Sky Chefs, Inc., holding that the plaintiff who alleged the improper inclusion of “extraneous” information in a…
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