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E-Verify Unplanned Outage Has Been Resolved
Tags:U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that the outage, which began at 1:53 p.m. ET January 4 was resolved at 8:06 p.m. ET January 5. Read More
Court Determines State Amendments Were Preempted by FCRA
In this case involving two consumer reporting agencies, a federal court ruled that the terms of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) superseded Maine state credit reporting restrictions. Read More
Arbitration Award Appealed in Case Involving Positive Drug Test
Tags:After an arbitrator ruled that a wholesale beverage company did not have just cause for terminating a union-affiliated driver who produced drug test results positive for cocaine, the wholesaler appealed the decision to federal court. Read More
Supreme Court Grants TransUnion Petition for Certiorari in Class Action
Tags:The Court will consider the first question in TransUnion LLC's September 2, 2020 petition which concerns the established standard for injury suffered by proposed class members and their representative. The class action suit alleges that the consumer credit reporting agency violated the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). Read More
1/11 Update: New York City Expands Scope of its Ban-the-Box Law
Tags:By Stephen A. Fuchs on December 16, 2020 Read More