Dish settles class action over background check procedures for $1.75M
The direct-broadcast satellite service provider and the company it used to procure consumer reports on job applicants were accused of violating several tenants of the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act. Read More
Brooklyn arena used “flawed and discriminatory” background check practices, suit says
A suit filed in federal court in the Eastern District of New York alleges that Brooklyn Events Center, LLC – the owner/operator of Brooklyn’s Barclays Center – unlawfully denies employment to applicants with criminal records without providing them with information regarding their denial of employment. Read More
“Cheap” alternative to standard consumer reporting agency lands restaurant in hot water
Waffle House must let a jury decide if the restaurant’s procedure of using of paid-search website for public record information to run background checks on applicants without properly notifying them ran afoul of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). Read More
Supreme Court declines to hear appeal of previous FCRA ruling
The appeal sought review of the highly disputed issue of whether/ when statutory violations of the FCRA allow workers to sue businesses under the high court’s previous Spokeo decision. Read More
U.S. Supreme Court rules in favor of Spokeo, potentially making it more difficult for plaintiffs to bring “no-injury” FCRA actions based on mere statutory violations
In a highly anticipated Fair Credit Reporting Act decision, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-2 that Article III standing requires both a concrete and particularized injury—a requirement that is not automatically satisfied by alleging a mere statutory violation. Read More