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A federal district court recently certified a class action against an employer based on arguable, but technical, failures to comply with the Fair Cred...
Robins v. Spokeo, Inc., 2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 54102 (C.D. Cal. May 11, 2011) Facts: On January 27, 2011, the Court dismissed Plaintiff's Complaint fo...
Plaintiff's law firms are suing large employers for technical violations of the disclosure requirements of the FCRA. At the beginning of the summer, w...
Recently, a new class action lawsuit was filed in the Eastern District of Virginia challenging electronic disclosures made by Kmart to a prospective j...
Background checks can be a great way for employers to disqualify criminals and potentially dangerous individuals from their applicant pools. They can ...
There appears to be a new favorite claim among plaintiffs’ attorneys these days. Three class action lawsuits were filed against employers in the past ...
In October, a major supermarket chain agreed to pay $6.8 million to settle a putative class-action lawsuit alleging that it failed to properly disclos...
Publix Super Markets Inc. is paying big time for violating the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) with its background check policy. It was recently anno...
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) recently issued guidance to help consumer reporting agencies (including background check companies) st...
Background check lawsuits have increased in number over the past ten years. According to CBS News, background check companies and employers have paid ...
Will parents soon have a new way to screen their babysitters? A startup company called Predictim has created a technology that uses artificial intelli...
Background checks are a useful tool not only for employers but for many other professionals as well, such as landlords who want to screen potential te...
Starbucks is facing a potential class-action lawsuit over alleged violations of the Fair Credit Reporting Act. Per a report from Law360.com, the coffe...
A lawsuit filed against Amazon.com for violating the Fair Credit Reporting Act will move forward after a Florida judge ruled that the suit has validit...
Will the huge spike in unemployment and the massive demand for new jobs force employers to loosen their standards? Or is there a smarter way to hire d...
Facts: Plaintiff asserted claims against Trans Union LLC (“Trans Union”) under § 1681e(b) and § 1681i and against Experian Information Solutions, Inc....
California’s Central District U.S. District Court made headlines last month by dismissing an FCRA lawsuit against Home Depot. Per a report from The Na...
As we have previously reported, plaintiffs’ lawyers are pursuing employers in class actions seeking compensation for the employers’ alleged failure to...
In the United States, at least 100 million people rent the homes and apartments that they live in, contributing hundreds of billions of dollars to a c...
For the past 5 years, backgroundchecks.com has reported rulings of district courts around the country that have ruled that an employer’s inclusion of ...
Kmart was recently sued in a class action based on the idea that, under the FCRA and the separate federal E-SIGN Act, an electronic signature is not a...
Effective January 1, 2013, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has made updates to the Summary of Rights that the Federal Trade Commissi...
First Transit and First Student are apparently related companies that provide transportation services to school. They recently settled class action cl...
The Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) is a federal law, active since 1970, that regulates the collection and use of information obtained through consum...
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Is your business taking the proper steps when you decline an applicant based on a background check? See what you need to know about "adverse acti...
The Fair Credit Reporting Act governs many things, from background checks to credit reports, but where does state law come into play? Learn the key di...