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Supreme Court To Consider Actual Injury Requirement for Absent Class Members

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Today, the United States Supreme Court granted a writ of certiorari in Trans Union LLC v. Ramirez. At issue is an eight-figure judgment obtained by a certified class of consumers for statutory and punitive damages based on...more

McDermott Will & Emery

[Webinar] Background Checks: The Advent of the New Employment Class Action (Part 2) - September 10th, 11:00 am PT

Class action litigation brought under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) is on the rise—particularly in California—after the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued a 2017 decision applying a hypertechnical...more

McDermott Will & Emery

[Webinar] Background Checks: The Advent of the New California Employment Class Action - July 30th, 11:00 am - 12:15 pm PDT

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Class action litigation brought under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) is on the rise—particularly in California—after the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued a 2017 decision applying a hypertechnical...more

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Eleventh Circuit Examines FCRA Willfulness Standard

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In an unpublished decision in the case of Shaun J. Younger v. Experian Information Solutions, Inc., the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals vacated the jury’s finding that Experian willfully violated the FRCA by failing to...more

Mayer Brown

An Update On Recent Excessiveness Decisions: Part I

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During the past couple of months, courts have been busy addressing excessiveness challenges to punitive damages awards. In this post, I discuss two recent decisions.  In a second post, I will cover two additional decisions....more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

9th Circuit Holds All Members of a Certified Class Must Have Article III Standing To Recover Monetary Damages

- In a matter of first impression within the 9th Circuit, the court held that each member of a certified class must have Article III standing in order to recover individual monetary damages at trial. - Those class members...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Trans Union Hit with Largest FCRA Verdict to Date

Trans Union, LLC, one of the largest credit reporting agencies in the United States has been hit with a verdict by a California jury for $60 million, which is the largest verdict under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) to...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Dave & Buster’s faces FCRA class action for alleged background check violations

Joseph Alvarez filed a class action against Dave & Buster’s restaurant chain earlier this year in Florida alleging that it used background checks for employment decisions without providing a copy of the report to the...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Avoiding Class Action Litigation Under Fair Credit Reporting Act

The Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) is a growing source of class action litigation, due to the high potential penalties that it provides for very technical violations. The statute imposes conditions, among other things, on...more

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Trouble in the Magic Kingdom: Disney Finds Itself the Villain in This Fairytale

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Disney is known for its fairytales and happy endings. Usually its adorable characters and feel-good plots earn it wide acclaim. But recently, a California judge agreed with the plaintiff, in Roger L. Culberson II v. The Walt...more

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Four Words the Fair Credit Reporting Act Has Class Action Plaintiffs and Their Lawyers Repeating: “Show Me The Money!”

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Over the past few years, the Fair Credit Reporting Act (“FCRA”), the federal law mandating, among other things, procedures and reporting requirements employers must follow when conducting background checks through a third...more

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