The Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) has been a notoriously active area for litigation, especially class-action litigation, in recent years. One ...

On March 14, 2025, in a case of first impression, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit addressed the nature of a furnisher’s duty ...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Tuesday quietly withdrew new rules requiring data brokers to get consent before ...

Russell Vought, acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, has canceled plans to more tightly regulate the ...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau plans to rescind a number of Biden-era proposals in its latest regulatory retreat, ...

Consumer watchdog groups warned that withdrawing the rule leaves Americans more vulnerable to fraud and identity theft.

Using information from an unreliable source like Trump’s Social Security Administration breaks the Fair Credit Reporting Act’s requirement to “use reasonable procedures to ensure maximum ...