Tag Archives: 1681s-2(b)

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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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …