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Court Rules in Criminal Background Check Case that States are Immune from...
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On October 11, 2018, a ruling in the case of Pendergrass v. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) where the Plaintiff claimed WMATA’s...
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Judge Rules Clerk Violated Freedom of Information Act by Not Releasing Court...
ESR News Blog Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On August 6, 2019, a Pulaski County Circuit Judge ruled in an open-record lawsuit that a Bentonville District Clerk violated the Arkansas...
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Consumer Litigation Involving FCRA Rose 15 Percent from Previous Month in...
ESR News Blog Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn In July of 2019, consumer litigation involving the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) – a federal law that helps ensure the accuracy, fairness,...
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Court Rules Background Check for Independent Contractor Does Not Trigger...
ESR News Blog Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On August 9, 2019, a ruling in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia found that a background...
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Court Affirms $54 Million Lawsuit Verdict Over Negligent Hiring of Trucker
ESR News Blog Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On September 24, 2019, an Illinois state appellate court affirmed a jury verdict that awarded damages of more than $54 million in a personal...
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Supreme Court Rules CFPB Director Removal Restrictions Violate Constitution
ESR News Blog Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On June 29, 2020, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) issued an opinion by a 5-4 vote in the case of Seila Law LLC v. Consumer...
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Appeals Court Examines Willfulness Standard of Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA)
ESR News Blog Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On June 19, 2020, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit vacated a jury’s finding that a major nationwide credit...
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Court Rules Former Employee May Pursue FCRA Claims Over Termination
ESR News Blog Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On July 21, 2020, the United States District Court, District of Columbia issued an opinion in Mattiaccio v. DHA Group., Inc. that determined...
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Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) Consumer Litigation Rises in September 2020
ESR News Blog Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn Consumer litigation involving the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) was up 9.3 percent from August 2020 to September 2020, up 5.5...
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Jury Returns Verdict of $1 Billion in Negligent Hiring Case Against Trucking...
ESR News Blog Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On August 20, 2021, a jury in a civil trial returned a verdict of $1 billion in a negligent hiring case after a trucking company hired “a...
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