In response to Senate Report 116-111, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) recently submitted a report to Congress updating lawmakers on “its consumer education efforts with respect to disputing and correcting information in a credit report, as well as its enforcement efforts related to dispute processes and the correction […]
We recently discussed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) and how it amends the duties of a furnisher of information under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. Furnishers, however, must still be mindful not to relax their procedures […]
By Nikku Khalifian A recent Sixth Circuit decision addressed whether FCRA imposes a technical-accuracy standard or an “inaccurate or misleading standard” on § 1681e(b) plaintiffs. In Twumasi-Ankrah v. Checkr, Inc., 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 10427 (6th Cir. April 2, 2020), the Sixth Circuit reversed and remanded the decision […]
