These days, companies conducting background checks on job applicants have a lot to think about. Most companies are aware of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) and FCRA’s various state analogs. FCRA, one of a number of...more
6/19/2019
/ Background Checks ,
Class Action ,
Consumer Reports ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Application ,
Employment Litigation ,
Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Job Applicants
• On March 20, 2019, the U.S. Supreme Court remanded a case involving the use of cy pres in lieu of specific relief to individual class members in a proposed settlement for a determination of whether the plaintiffs had...more
3/25/2019
/ Class Action ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Cy Pres Funds ,
Frank v Gaos ,
FRCP 23(e) ,
Remand ,
SCOTUS ,
Settlement ,
Spokeo v Robins ,
Standing ,
Vacated
• Companies across industries have been facing TCPA litigation based upon calls and text messages to reassigned telephone numbers.
• On December 12, 2018, the FCC—with the support of many parties and industry groups—voted...more
• In most TCPA cases, a threshold question is whether a called party has provided prior express consent to receive calls (or texts) using an automatic telephone dialing system.
• While numerous courts have ruled that a party...more
9/6/2018
/ Auto-Dialed Calls ,
Contract Terms ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Debt Collection ,
Debt Collectors ,
Dish Network ,
FCC ,
Prior Express Consent ,
Revocation ,
Robocalling ,
Summary Judgment ,
TCPA ,
Telecommunications ,
Telemarketing ,
Text Messages