On October 29, the CFPB took action against two of the country’s largest employment background screening report providers for violations of the FCRA. This is one of the CFPB’s most significant FCRA actions to date, following...more
11/4/2015
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Time to dust off those federal jurisdiction hornbooks! The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and Office of the Solicitor General (collectively, “the government”) submitted an amicus brief to the Supreme Court in...more
4/4/2015
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Consumer Reports ,
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Hiring & Firing ,
Petition for Writ of Certiorari ,
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Spokeo ,
Spokeo v Robins ,
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