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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT IN THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA  Plaintiff “A”             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 EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA Plaintiff, Civ. No. 10-01635 EQUIFAX INFORMATION et al, Defendant. O R D E R On January 28, 2011, Plaintiff filed a Second Amended Complaint against AT&T Corp. and AT&T Credit Management for violations of the Fair Credit Reporting Act. (Doc. No. 46.) I

The National Consumer Law Center, a consumer rights agency, issued a report that said that errors in background reports are routine. The report stated that background check companies routinely omit important information, mix up records, reveal sealed records and misclassify offenses. Read more at The Morning Call.

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT IN THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA  John Doe             Plaintiff,   v.   TRANS UNION, LLC             Defendant.                             ))) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )   Civil Action No.         Complaint Preliminary Statement This is an action for damages brought by individual

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA  John Doe             Plaintiff,   v.   TEMPLE UNIVERSITY             Defendant.   ))) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )   Civil Action No.             COMPLAINT   This is an action for damages brought by an

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA                                                                                     John Doe                                                                                                               Plaintiff,                                                       vs.                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Civil Action No. TRANS UNION, LLC   and EXPERIAN INFORMATION SOLUTIONS, INC.,                                       Defendants.                                                                                                           COMPLAINT   I. Preliminary Statement 1.         This is an

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA  Jane Doe             Plaintiff,   v.   CITI MORTGAGE, INC.             Defendant.   ))) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )   Civil Action No.   Complaint   This is an action for damages brought by an individual consumer for Defendant’s

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA  John and Jane Doe             Plaintiffs,   v.   CAWLEY & BERGMANN, L.L.P.             Defendant. ))) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )   Civil Action No. Complaint This is an action for damages brought by individual consumers for Defendant’s

General Information Services Inc. was sued by a plaintiff in a proposed class action claiming that GIS provided prohibited information to a potential employer in a background check report. GIS claimed the Fair Credit Reporting Act was unconstitutional, stating that the provision prohibiting reporting criminal convictions older than seven years violates the First Amendment. The