Bills have recently been introduced in a number of states that would prohibit prospective employers from inquiring about an applicant’s salary history. These bills are aimed at preventing wage discrimination among workers that perform similar or identical job functions.
These bills follow on the heels of approved legislation in Massachusetts. Massachusetts Senate Bill 2119,
On August 19, the United States District Court for the District of Nevada dismissed a putative Fair Credit Reporting Act class action against two taxi companies that had allegedly violated the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act by including the first digit and last four digits of consumers’ credit card numbers
On July 28, at a public hearing in Sacramento, California, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau released an outline of new rules targeting third-party debt-collection operations. The new rules seek to curb “excessive or disruptive” communications by restricting collectors from calling debtors numerous times a day, requiring debt collection companies to have “more and better
On May 16, the Supreme Court in Spokeo, Inc. v. Robins found that the Ninth Circuit had not adequately addressed whether the named plaintiff had sufficiently alleged a “concrete” injury in connection with his putative FCRA class action against Spokeo, Inc. In Spokeo, the plaintiff (Robins) sued the “people search engine” for alleged violations of
We are pleased to announce that Troutman Sanders partner John Lynch will be a featured speaker at the American Conference Institute’s 26th National Conference on Consumer Finance Class Actions & Litigation on July 29, 2016 at the Omni Chicago Hotel.
John will participate in a panel entitled, “The Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA): Litigation
On June 22, 2016, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) issued its third update to its exam procedures for mortgage servicers. In its press release, the CFPB stated that mortgage servicers should “note a greater emphasis” on complaint handling, responses to requests by borrowers, and fair lending issues. According to the CFPB, the update
A new putative class action against Petco Animal Supplies Inc. was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California. The complaint challenges Petco’s form of disclosure for employment background checks.
“By embedding its purported disclosure in an employment application and including extraneous information within and around the disclosure, defendant disregarded
On June 1, Connecticut Governor Dan Mallory signed the Fair Chance Employment Act (CT HB 5237) into law. The statute, like other “ban the box” laws nationwide, prohibits covered employers from asking about an applicant’s criminal history on an initial employment application.
Under the Act, “employers” are broadly defined to mean “any person engaged in
On May 19, 2016, the Federal Housing Administration proposed a rule that would codify several changes to FHA’s Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) program that were previously issued under the authority granted to HUD in the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 and the Reverse Mortgage Stabilization Act of 2013. The proposed rule would
On May 16, 2016, the Supreme Court of the United States issued its much-anticipated decision in Spokeo, Inc. v. Robins. Spokeo considered whether Congress may confer Article III standing by authorizing a private right of action based on the violation of a federal statute alone, despite a plaintiff having suffered no “real world” harm.