July 28, 2014 | Florida | Florida Law Firm Files Three Class Action Lawsuits on Same Day A Florida law firm filed federal class action lawsuits in the same court against three separate national employers on the same day.
July 29, 2014 | Pennsylvania | GIS Background Check Class Action Settlement General Information Services Inc. (GIS) has reached a class action lawsuit settlement over allegations it violated the FCRA when providing information for consumer background check reports.
August 04, 2014 | Pennsylvania | LexisNexis Settles Class Action Lawsuit LexisNexis Risk Solutions has agreed to settle a class action lawsuit alleging its Esteem "retail theft contributory database" wrongfully labels job seekers as criminals even if they have not been convicted.
August 04, 2014 | Nationwide | Practical Risk-Mitigating Measures for Employers To illustrate how the threat to employers is concrete, not merely hypothetical, close to a dozen nationwide class actions were filed in plaintiff-friendly venues during just June and July 2014.
August 06, 2014 | Washington | Class Action Filed Against Washington Metro The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority has been named in a lawsuit after the class members claim its background check policies are unfair.
October 02, 2014 | Memphis, TN | AutoZone Hit With Background Screening Class Action AutoZone is the latest company to have a FCRA class action lawsuit filed against it. The company was hit with a suit for alleged violations of state and federal law in its background screening process.
October 10, 2014 | California | Class Action Lawsuit Takes Issue with LinkedIn Reference Reports LinkedIn Corp. has been hit with a class action lawsuit alleging it violates the FCRA through its use of its "search for references" feature.
October 16, 2014 | New York, NY | Dollar General Coughs Up $4M to End Background Check Suit Dollar General has agreed to pay $4 million to settle a proposed class action claiming it didn't properly notify more than 200,000 job applicants they would be screened by background checks.
October 21, 2014 | New Jersey | FCRA Preempts Tortious Interference Claim, Says NJ Court The FCRA specifically contains a provision that bars state law claims against employers who "furnish information" to CRAs. In a recent decision, the District of New Jersey invoked this provision.
October 28, 2014 | Lakeland, TN | Publix to Pay $6.8 Million in Class Action Settlement Publix Super Markets Inc. is scheduled to pay nearly $6.8 million in a class-action lawsuit settlement over background checks.
November 03, 2014 | Nationwide | The FCRA is the New FLSA Recent multi-million dollar settlements highlight the importance for employers of complying with the FCRA and when it comes to class action lawsuits in the employment-law context, the FCRA is the new FLSA!
December 10, 2014 | Tampa, FL | Whole Foods Hit With Illegal Background Check Class Action Colin Speer hit Whole Foods Market Group, Inc. with a class action lawsuit in a Florida federal court alleging that the grocery store chain violates the FCRA.
December 10, 2014 | New Jersey | Michaels Hit with Background Check Class Action Lawsuit A background check class action lawsuit has been filed against Michaels Stores Inc., alleging the retailer did not disclose to job applicants that the company runs background checks
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