Lexology PRO | Canada | 1 Nov 2021
An Ontario class action claims Canada’s largest telecommunications operator illegally accessed highly sensitive financial information to assess customer eligibility for additional marketing services.
Baker & Hostetler LLP | USA | 1 Feb 2019
The Ninth Circuit has now declared that background check disclosure forms that include state law disclosures are illegal…
Ogletree Deakins | USA | 23 Jan 2019
South Carolina is not known as a hotbed of legislative action protecting employee rights, let alone creating new ones. However, several bills are…
Buckley LLP | USA | 29 Nov 2018
On November 21, the CFPB released the latest quarterly consumer credit trends report, which examines how natural disasters affect consumers’ credit…
Troutman Pepper | USA | 20 Nov 2018
The Eastern District of Wisconsin issued a ruling dismissing an Equal Credit Opportunity Act case that asserted a novel claim regarding discrimination…
Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP | USA | 19 Nov 2018
On November 14, 2018, a previously-introduced bill to amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act (“FCRA”) to “rectify problematic reporting of medical debt…
Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP | USA | 13 Nov 2018
In an oldie but goodie, an FTC blog from Feb 2017 warns employers who rely on credit checks not to double-dip. In other words, if an employer requests…
Jackson Lewis PC | Puerto Rico | 12 Nov 2018
The Puerto Rico Department of the Treasury has announced changes to tax reporting for certain severance payments. As a result of the Labor…
Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP | USA | 12 Nov 2018
In Luna v. Wal-Mart Trans., LLC, 2018 WL 5726204 (W.D. Ark. Nov. 1, 2018), the Court provided a good reminder that there are exceptions to the FCRA's…
Troutman Pepper | USA | 8 Nov 2018
The Federal Trade Commission proposed a rule requiring consumer reporting agencies to provide free credit monitoring service to active duty military…