Can an outside investigation constitute a “consumer report” under FCRA?
Excerpted from a blog by Shelton Sterling Laney, III of Womble Bond Dickinson, LLP The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, in the case of Rivera v Allstate Ins. Co., 907 […]
How elected officials shaped the FCRA: Congress’s intent to preempt state law claims
Excerpted from The National Law Review story by Nadia Adams In Thornton v. Equifax Info. Servs., No. 4:18-CV-80 (CDL), 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 189052 (M.D. Ga. Nov. 5, 2018), the […]
Employers must update Summary of Consumer Rights
Employers who use consumer reports to make employment decisions must comply with the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). Under the FCRA, an employer taking adverse action based on information in […]
Employers must use updated FCRA Notice of Rights beginning Sept. 21
On September 12, 2018, the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (CFPB) announced an interim final rule to be effective September 21, 2018, that will update two model disclosure forms used […]