The amount of money paid by employers to settle Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) lawsuits over the period 2011 to 2019 is about $326 million dollars. The average payout was $2,2 million dollars. The highest amount was $28 million dollars. The lowest was $40 thousand dollars. And the Median amount was $723 thousand dollars.  There […]

Madison Square Garden (MSG) has agreed to pay $1.3 million to settle a class action lawsuit that claimed MSG violated the Fair Credit Reporting Act 15 U.S.C. § 1681 et seq. and the New York State Fair Credit Reporting Act Gen. Bus. Law § 380 et seq., It is alleged in the lawsuit Madison Square […]

An analysis of workplace theft during 2018 was issued by the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners. It revealed some startling statistics concerning workplace theft. Their report is here . This blog post summarizes some of the study’s key findings in the area of workplace theft. These summaries will hopefully illuminate the ways fraud is committed […]

On May 14, 2019, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled in a lawsuit that the seven-year measuring period for criminal charges under the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) rule that prohibits CRAs from reporting any “record of arrest” older than seven years runs from the date of entry and […]

Ban the box legislation can mean different things in different states. That is why it is crucial that you know ban the box regulations that govern the hiring process in each state in which you operate. This is particularly true if you conduct background investigations. This blog post looks at the particular law in Massachusetts. […]