Consumer Rights Blog

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA                                                                                     Jane Doe                           Plaintiff,                                           )           Civil Action No.            vs.    TRANS UNION,  LLC                                          ) and                                                                            ) EQUIFAX INFORMATION SERVICES, LLC )                                             Defendants.                )                                                      ______________________________                                                                                                   COMPLAINT I.     Preliminary Statement             1.         Defendants Trans Union LLC (Trans Union) and Equifax Information Services, LLC. (Equifax), two national consumer

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA John Doe                                                                )                                                                                     )                                               Plaintiff,                              )           Civil Action No.              vs.                                                                   )                                                                                                                                   )             TRANS UNION, LLC                                           )             and                                                                ) EQUIFAX INFORMATION                               ) SERVICES, LLC                                                    )                                                                                     )                                     Defendants.                        )                                                                                     )                                                                    COMPLAINT

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY  John Doe           Plaintiff,  v.  CSC CREDIT SERVICES, INC. and PHH MORTGAGE CORPORATION,           Defendants.   )))) ) )   Civil Action No. COMPLAINT JURY TRIAL DEMANDED NON-ARBITRATION This is an action for damages brought by an individual consumer,  against CSC Credit Services, Inc.

When a woman went to buy a car, an alert came up on her account indicating that she was on a list of suspected terrorists after the dealership went to check her credit report. Her name was similar to a Colombian woman’s who was the actual suspect. What ensued was a long battle with the

The FTC joined the Department of Justice and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to file a brief in the case of Shamara T. King vs. General Information Services, Inc. supporting the constitutionality of the Fair Credit Reporting Act. Read the brief at Ftc.gov.

Issues with payment of medical bills can result in collections actions that negatively impact credit scores. Those affected may not even realize that their credit has been impacted. Read the story at The New York Times.

A class action lawsuit was brought by plaintiffs Keesha Goode and Victoria Goodman that claims LexisNexis classified certain retail workers as thieves in a database and distributed that information to current and prospective employers. The suit alleges that this practice was in violation of the Fair Credit Reporting Act. LexisNexis made a motion to dismiss