November 04, 2014
A Pennsylvania federal judge Tuesday approved more than $1 million in attorneys' fees for counsel that secured a $3.2 million settlement with General Information Services Inc. for two proposed classes of individuals who were subjects of pre-employment reports that included adverse public information.
December 21, 2012
A Pennsylvania federal court judge on Friday refused to certify an appeal of a November decision that found the Fair Credit Reporting Act did not violate the First Amendment and kept alive a putative class action against a consumer reporting agency.
November 07, 2012
A Pennsylvania federal judge on Tuesday rejected a consumer reporting agency's argument that the Fair Credit Reporting Act is unconstitutional, keeping alive a putative class action accusing the company of giving prohibited criminal information to employers.
October 02, 2012
A provision of the Fair Credit Reporting Act prohibiting the release of some job applicants' criminal histories should be declared an unconstitutional violation of commercial speech, an attorney defending consumer reporting agency General Information Services Inc. against a putative class action told a Pennsylvania federal judge Tuesday.
November 14, 2011
The U.S. government moved to intervene in a proposed class action on Monday after the defendant, a consumer reporting agency accused of providing prohibited criminal information to an employer, claimed the Fair Credit Reporting Act was unconstitutional.