Consumer Rights Blog

Some credit reporting agencies were falsely reporting consumers as terrorists or drug dealers due to information they pull from the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) list. If the consumer has a similar name to someone on the list, this can result in the mistaken information showing up in their credit report, causing

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA  JOHN DOE,              Plaintiff,   v.   TRANS UNION, LLC, EQUIFAX INFORMATION SERVICES, LLC, and EXPERIAN INFORMATION SOLUTIONS, INC.             Defendants. ))  ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )     Civil Action No.        

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY  JOHN DOE,             Plaintiff,   v.   EQUIFAX INFORMATION                                         COMPLAINT SERVICES, LLC, and                  

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA    JANE DOE          Plaintiff,    v.     EXPERIAN INFORMATION SOLUTIONS, INC. and CAPTIAL ONE BANK USA NA             Defendants.     ))))  ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Civil Action No.                                 Complaint for Violation of Fair

Federal Judge Rules FCRA Reporting Limits Don’t Violate 1st Amendment A Pennsylvania federal judge on rejected a claim by General Information Services Inc. that the Fair Credit Reporting Act is unconstitutional. This allowed a class action alleging that General Information Services gave prohibited criminal information to employers to go forward. Read more at Law360.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA ___________  JANE DOE   Plaintiff,   v.   NATIONAL CREDIT REPORTING, INC.   Defendant.       Civil Action No.     COMPLAINT FOR VIOLATIONS OF THE FAIR CREDIT REPORTING ACT     DEMAND FOR JURY TRIAL PRELIMINARY STATEMENT 1. This is an action for damages brought by an

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA    JANE DOE,            Plaintiff,   v.                                                 TRANS UNION, LLC          and EQUIFAX INFORMATION SERVICES, LLC           and EXPERIAN INFORMATION SOLUTIONS, INC.             Defendants.         ))) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT IN THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA  JANE DOE             Plaintiff,   v.   TRANS UNION, LLC, EXPERIAN INFORMATION SOLUTIONS, INC., EQUIFAX INFORMATION SERVICES, LLC             Defendants.                                      )) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )    Civil Action No.    

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT IN THE DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY    JOHN DOE              Plaintiff,   v.   ASSET ACCEPTANCE, LLC , TRANS UNION, LLC, EXPERIAN INFORMATION SOLUTIONS, INC., and KROLL FACTUAL DATA, INC.             Defendants.                                  ))  ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )     Civil Action