The plaintiffs in a putative class action accusing The Container Store Inc. of retaining the ZIP codes of credit card-paying customers have asked a Massachusetts federal judge to grant final approval to a class action settlement.
Plaintiffs and class representative Judith Monteferrante sued the chain in June 2013, alleging it illegally requested and kept the
On January 28, Michael’s Stores, Inc. was hit with its second Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) class action lawsuit challenging Michael’s employment background check procedures in as many months. This lawsuit should serve as another reminder to employers to verify their background check procedures comply with both state and federal law.
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On January 23, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments in a class action suit against Neiman Marcus Group LLC over the alleged 2013 hack that compromised the credit card numbers of 350,000 shoppers.
The suit was one of multiple proposed class actions filed after hackers infiltrated Neiman Marcus’ payment security system with
On January 21, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania struck a class action under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 1692 et seq. (“FDCPA”) and the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991, 47 U.S.C. §§ 227 et seq. (“TCPA”). Although the judge allowed the lead plaintiff to pursue
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A new putative class action lodged in California federal court against Paramount Pictures Corporation made it the latest employer to be accused of violating the Fair Credit Reporting Act by obtaining credit reports from current and prospective employees without adequate disclosure of their rights under the FCRA. The lawsuit alleges that the company has a
On January 21, the U.S. Supreme Court held oral argument in Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs v. The Inclusive Communities Project, Inc., a case in which, as we previously reported here and here, the Petitioner has challenged the applicability of a so-called “disparate impact” theory of liability under the Fair Housing
On January 7, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit reversed and remanded the district court’s decision to grant a plaintiff’s motion to remand and kept a putative employment class action against trucking company Knight Transportation Inc. in federal court. In so doing, the Ninth Circuit held that defendants trying to establish
On January 7, 2015, Genesis Healthcare became one of the most recent companies to face a class action lawsuit under the FCRA based on its background check practices. This lawsuit should serve as a reminder to companies to verify that their procedures for obtaining and using background checks comply with the FCRA’s disclosure and adverse
On January 13, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals overturned the District Court’s grant of class certification in a case where plaintiffs allege violation of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act. In Powers v. Credit Management Services, the defendant filed standard-form complaints and discovery requests against the plaintiffs in state court to collect past