Supreme Court Weighs Government Liability Under Credit Reporting Law
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday considered whether the federal government could be liable for money damages by printing confidential credit card information on a customer’s receipt, increasing the...
View ArticleFTC: Online Background Check Firms May Be Violating Fair Credit Law
Federal regulators this week warned several companies that the quick, easy background checks they are providing online might violate the Fair Credit Reporting Act. The Federal Trade Commission sent...
View ArticleConsumer Credit Agencies Agree to Address Errors, Medical Debt
Buying homes, getting jobs and borrowing money will be easier after an agreement by the three biggest U.S. consumer credit reporting services with New York. “This is huge,” Chi Chi Wu, an attorney at...
View ArticleSupreme Court to Hear Case on Limiting Consumer Lawsuits
The U.S. Supreme Court will consider a business-backed bid to put new limits on Congress’s power to authorize consumer lawsuits in federal court. The justices said they will hear an appeal from the...
View ArticleSupreme Court to Hear Spokeo ‘Non-Injury’ Class Action Today
The U.S. Supreme Court will consider on Monday whether to nip in the bud a class action lawsuit against online search service Spokeo Inc. in a case closely watched by Silicon Valley companies that face...
View ArticleSupreme Court Justices Divided Over Spokeo Internet Injury Class Action Case
A divided U.S. Supreme Court indicated it may put limits on consumer lawsuits, questioning arguments by a man seeking to sue over what he says is an error-riddled Internet profile. Hearing arguments in...
View ArticleSupreme Court Sidelines Class Action Alleging Injury from Inaccurate Internet...
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday handed a narrow victory to Spokeo Inc. over the online people-search company’s bid to avoid a class action lawsuit for including incorrect information in its database....
View ArticleSupreme Court Could Use TransUnion ‘Terrorist List’ Case to Curb Class Actions
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday signaled it could narrow the scope of a class action lawsuit against TransUnion in which thousands of people sought damages after the credit reporting company flagged...
View ArticleSupreme Court Limits Plaintiff Class in TransUnion ‘Terrorist List’ Case
The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday narrowed the scope of a class action lawsuit against TransUnion in which thousands of people sought damages after the credit reporting company flagged their names as...
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