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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) reached a settlement with MyLife.com, Inc., an online seller of consumer background reports, which bans MyLife from engaging in deceptive negative option...more
Federal Contractor Subjected Women to Sexual Harassment and Fired One Who Complained, Federal Agency Charged - BALTIMORE – MVM, Inc., an Ashburn, Va.-based diversified security services firm, will pay $200,000 in monetary...more
We have another multi-million dollar FCRA class action settlement on the books. In Schofield v. Delta Air Lines, Inc., No. 18-cv-00382-EMC, 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 31535, at *1 (N.D. Cal. Feb. 27, 2019), the district court for...more
On Friday, Magistrate Judge David R. Strawbridge of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania granted motions for Final Approval of Class Action Settlement and Award of Attorneys’ Fees and Reimbursement of Expenses in Kelly v....more
Earlier this month, a class representative for employees and prospective employees at Delta Airlines reached a proposed settlement with Delta. The settlement is awaiting court approval, but provides helpful context of the...more
Employer Must Obtain Written Authorization To Conduct Background Check - Connor v. First Student, Inc., 2018 WL 3966434 (Cal. S. Ct. 2018) - Eileen Connor worked as a school bus driver for Laidlaw Education Services, a...more
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) had another busy week. Here is an overview of what the CFPB was up to recently: Enforcement Actions and Litigation - Enforcement Action Against Santander Bank - ...more
It was a mixed bag on the litigation front for Uber and Lyft last week following a string of decisions in class action lawsuits against these companies. On Tuesday, April 5, the Ninth Circuit granted Uber’s petition to...more
Company's Criminal Background Policy Disproportionately Affected African-American Logistics Workers, EEOC Charged - GREENVILLE, S.C. - The U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina today entered a consent...more