The Next FCRA Frontier: Identity Theft and CFPB Updates — FCRA Focus Podcast
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: Private Civil Consumer Financial Services Litigation to Partially Fill CFPB Void - Part 1
A Guide to Running Background Checks: What's the Tea in L&E?
2024 Credit Reporting Review: Impactful Changes and Future Forecast — FCRA Focus Podcast
FCRA Regulatory Year in Review — FCRA Focus Podcast
Introducing the Consumer Financial Services Year in Review Series: A Look at What’s to Come — The Consumer Finance Podcast
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: The CFPB's Proposed Data Broker Rule
Recent Developments in California's Arbitration Landscape — FCRA Focus Podcast
The FHA's Impact on Consumer Reporting Agencies – FCRA Focus Podcast
Breaking Down Credit Reporting With Credit Builders Alliance — FCRA Focus Podcast
Navigating FCRA and Debt Collection With Special Guest Bridgeforce's Michelle Macartney — FCRA Focus Podcast
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: What Banking Leaders Need to Know About the U.S. Supreme Court Ruling That the CFPB’s Funding Mechanism is Constitutional Part II
The Fair Credit Billing Act: Key Insights and Practical Tips — FCRA Focus Podcast
The Kirtz Decision: FCRA and Government Liability Unpacked — FCRA Focus Podcast
Resolving FCRA Disputes With e-OSCAR: Insights from Joel Strickland — FCRA Focus Podcast
U.S. District Court Addresses Federal Preemption for State Credit Reporting Laws
2024 Regulatory Hot Topics
The FTC Enforces the Fair Credit Reporting Act
CFPB Advisories on Background Checks and File Disclosures — FCRA Focus Podcast
Delivered in digestible, insightful bites, McGlinchey’s Litigation Byte is a monthly roundup of financial services decisions and cases nationwide that impact your business....more
On January 8, a complaint was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas challenging the CFPB’s newly finalized medical debt rule that restricts credit reporting agencies from including medical debt...more
The Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act of 2021 (“EFAA”) amended the Federal Arbitration Act to prohibit mandatory arbitration of sexual harassment and sexual assault claims. In Doe v. Second...more
Delivered in digestible, insightful bites, McGlinchey’s Litigation Byte is a monthly roundup of financial services decisions and cases nationwide that impact your business. 4th Circuit Holds Rental Applicant Lacks Standing...more
The Litigation Byte is the new name and format for McGlinchey’s Commercial Law Bulletin. Our new format reflects McGlinchey’s national coverage and our expanded footprint while still serving up the digestible, insightful...more
Welcome to Wiley’s update on recent developments and what’s next in consumer protection at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC). In this newsletter, we analyze recent regulatory...more
In this insightful episode of FCRA Focus, host Dave Gettings and guest Jonathan DeMars, an associate in Troutman Pepper's Consumer Financial Services Practice Group, delve into the recent Supreme Court decision in Department...more
On February 8, 2024, the United States Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision in Department of Agricultural Rural Development Rural Housing Service v. Kirtz by holding that a consumer may sue the government under the Fair...more
Welcome to the Major US Supreme Court and Appellate Cases chapter of our annual report Consumer Financial Services 2023 Year in Review. Looking Ahead to 2024 - The Supreme Court continues to take a close look at major...more
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that federal government agencies can be held liable under the Fair Credit Reporting Act when they fail to investigate or correct inaccurate information furnished to credit reporting agencies. ...more
On February 8, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision in Department of Agriculture Rural Development Rural Housing Service (USDA) v. Kirtz, holding that the Fair Credit Reporting Act’s (FCRA) clear statutory text...more
Yesterday might ultimately be remembered as among the most consequential days in the history of the Supreme Court and the nation. That will be determined when a decision in Trump v. Anderson is issued....more
The Supreme Court of the United States issued two decisions today: Murray v. UBS Securities, LLC, No. 22-660: This case concerns the elements required to prove an employer retaliated against a whistleblower employee in...more
The U.S. Supreme Court has been asked to decide whether a homeowner association (HOA) assessment constitutes a “credit transaction” under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), which would open up an inquiry to the fundamental...more
Yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to decide a case that raises the issue of whether the United States government may be held liable as a data furnisher under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) despite its invocation...more
The Supreme Court of the United States granted certiorari in one case: Department of Agriculture Rural Development Rural Housing Service v. Kirtz, No. 22-846: This case addresses a circuit split on the ability to sue the...more
A common question that arises in the insurance-regulatory context, including in the context of insurance scoring and modelling, is whether, and to what extent, the McCarran-Ferguson Act applies to the FCRA. The information...more
The US Supreme Court brushed aside novel assertions from two pharmacy retailers on June 1 and ruled unanimously that False Claims Act liability hinges on whether defendants subjectively believed their claims were “false.” In...more
The United States Supreme Court held on June 1 that the False Claims Act’s (FCA) scienter element requires analysis of the defendant’s subjective intent at the time of the alleged false claim, and that a defendant can be...more
The story of one of the most significant False Claims Act (“FCA”) cases this year began nearly two decades ago. Between 2006 and 2012, SuperValu, Inc.—which operated thousands of pharmacies nationwide—offered a “price match...more
On March 23, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit held that the CFPB’s funding structure is constitutional—splitting from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit’s decision in Community Financial Services...more
As noted in a previous Clark Hill legal alert, the Supreme Court granted certiorari and will hear (in April) oral argument in two important cases (now consolidated) involving interpretation of a critical element of the False...more
Today, the Supreme Court of the United States granted the petitions for writs of certiorari filed in CFPB et. al. v. Com. Fin. Services Assn., where a panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled...more
The Supreme Court recently decided to take a closer look at the False Claim Act’s (FCA) Scienter Standard after two contentious Seventh Circuit case panel rulings. See U.S. ex rel Schutte v. SuperValu Inc., No. 21-1326, and...more
Two landmark cases fraught with False Claim Act (“FCA”) allegations of fraudulent billing for prescription drugs against food and pharmacy chains are making their way from the Seventh Circuit to the Supreme Court....more