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Read More »Judge Grants MSJ for Defendant in FCRA Case Over Timing of Dispute
A District Court judge in South Carolina has accepted a Magistrate Judge’s Report and Recommendation and granted a motion for summary judgment in favor of a defendant that was accused of violating the Fair Credit Reporting Act related to how the defendant was furnishing payment information to the credit reporting …
Read More »Multiple ‘Misleading’ Disputes Leads Judge to Grant MSJ for Defendant in FDCPA, FCRA Case
In a case that demonstrates the importance of having solid policies and procedures, a District Court judge in New York has granted a defendant’s motion for summary judgment after it was accused of violating the Fair Credit Reporting Act and the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act by allegedly furnishing inaccurate …
Read More »FTC, CFPB File Joint Brief in FCRA Case Over How Disputes are Investigated
Given the increased scrutiny and shifting landscape surrounding credit reporting, furnishers would do well to pay attention to a brief filed by both the Federal Trade Commission and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in a Fair Credit Reporting Act case before the Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, which …
Read More »Appeals Court Affirms Ruling for Defendant in FCRA Case Over Disputed Debt
The Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit has affirmed a lower court’s ruling in favor of a defendant that was accused of violating the Fair Credit Reporting Act for how the pay status notifications were being displayed for a number of plaintiffs, determining that while the reports could have …
Read More »Agency Sued for Not Using Proper Condition Code
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Read More »Judge Grants MTD in FCRA Case Against Collectors For Not Removing Dispute Notification
In a case that was defended by the team at Gordon & Rees Scully Mansukhani, a District Court judge in Michigan has granted a motion to dismiss filed by defendants in a Fair Credit Reporting Act case, after they were accused of not updating that the accounts in question were …
Read More »Judge Grants Motion for Defendant in FCRA Over Removal of Dispute Notification
A District Court judge in Tennessee has granted a defendant’s motion for judgment on the pleadings that it did not violate the Fair Credit Reporting Act by failing to remove a dispute notification when furnishing information about an individual’s credit report to a credit reporting agency, because the individual only …
Read More »Appeals Court Upholds Ruling for Defendant in FDCPA, FCRA Case Over ID Theft
The Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit has upheld a lower court’s summary judgment ruling in favor of a defendant that was sued for violating the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and Fair Credit Reporting Act by attempting to collect on a debt that was allegedly incurred as a …
Read More »Judge Grants Defendant’s Motion for Judgment in FCRA, FDCPA Case
Is it possible for an individual to sue a debt collector for violating the Fair Credit Reporting Act and Fair Debt Collection Practices Act for allegedly attempting to collect a debt that the individual believes he did not owe, when the individual took no action against the original creditor for …
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