Article from Law360.com The case was filed by Angela Fuller, who claims that she lost out on a rental sales associate job with Avis in 2013 because a background check found that she got a $40 ticket for drinking a malt beverage as a passenger in a vehicle in North Carolina 28 years earlier, in
A recent case against a debt buyer was decided by a Missouri jury, awarding the a Kansas City woman almost $83 million. The offending company was Portfolio Recovery Associates, which was accused of harassing this woman for 15 months. The company was charged with violating the Fair Debt Collections Act. This violation cost the company
You’ve kept a close eye on your credit score. You’ve kept up on your annual credit reports at www.annualcreditreport.com. But you recently found a mistake listed on your credit report. This error has resulted in issues in many aspects of your life. Your car loan was denied, your upcoming promotion at the bank revoked, your
PHILADELPHIA – A Pennsylvania man recently sued a Florida debt collection firm alleging consumer law violations in 2014. John C. Pawlowski Jr., of Southampton, brought a class action complaint against United Tranzactions LLC (UTA), of Miramar, Fla., and Janet Eden in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on April 28, alleging
A few months ago, I brought my oldest daughter for an x-ray to have her sinuses checked. The process went smoothly and I paid my copay and went on with my day. A month or so went by and I received a letter in the mail from the lab company stating that I owed quite
Our technology is progressing, that’s for sure. And with increased technological possibilities, unfortunately, comes hackers and scammers conjuring up new ways to cheat and hack systems and the innocent public. We see examples of this popping up on the news every day- whether it be a gas station pump skimmer, robocalls and spam emails, or
According to a survey completed by a company called Demos, which investigated 1,000 low and middle income job seekers, one in four have been subject to a credit check during their job application process. Taking that further, one in ten of those hopefuls, were denied a job based on the findings in their credit reports.
It is truly sad that there are people out there that will prey on the financially weak, unfortunate, and disadvantaged. Unfortunately, there are scammers that use whatever means possible to cheat and lie for money. There have been reports of “fake” debt collectors reaching out to consumers in various ways in order to elicit money
It is your right as a US citizen to view your credit report yearly. The 2003 Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act put into law that all Americans are entitled to a free review of their credit annually. This allows you assure that all information is accurate and nothing fraudulent is going on with your
Imagine this scenario- you have been convicted of a crime, one in which you later have expunged. You now feel relief that any criminal searches on government databases will show up clean. You no longer have to feel the stress or worry that comes along with a criminal record. A year later, you are applying
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