Past Successes

CLA resolved the FCRA claims of a class of consumers on whom Global Radar provided background checks without obtaining the appropriate certifications from the users of those reports. The case resulted in a settlement fund of $3.6 million, from which...

CLA represented a national class of consumers who borrowed money at what they believed were legal rates because of the lenders’ supposed alignment with American Indian Tribes. CLA and its co-counsel were successful in challenging the legality of the loans,...

CLA represented a class of consumers against a company that claimed the FCRA did not apply to it, so it would not comply with any of the FCRA’s requirements. The resulting settlement paid money to class members who had inaccurate...

A federal jury returned a verdict for CLA’s client Mr. Brim against debt buyer Midland Credit Management in a case where Midland attempted to collect a debt that Mr. Brim had paid, but the original creditor applied his payment to...

CLA negotiated an eight-figure settlement for a class of consumers alleging Bank of America failed to meet the FCRA’s requirement that it provide certain credit disclosures to consumers in a timely manner. Eligible class members received cash payments as part...

CLA resolved the FCRA claims of approximately 454,000 consumers that led to one of the country’s largest employers revising its background-check procedures so they would comply with the FCRA. Class members also had the ability to claim a share of...

CLA represented a class against Equifax for violations of the FCRA relating to its reporting of public records like liens and judgments. The result was a groundbreaking, nationwide settlement in which Equifax stopped reporting such information for a period of...

CLA resolved claims of nearly 50,000 consumers nationwide, and leading to both defendants revising their procedures so that they would comply with the FCRA. The settlement allowed class members to receive shares of two settlement pools, $1.1 million from Ascenda...

CLA represented a nationwide class of 36,002 consumers on whom Sterling sold background checks to employers. All told, a national class and a subclass of Virginians were eligible for shares of the $5.9 million settlement.

CLA represented classes against lenders Plain Green, LLC and Great Plains Lending, LLC for violations of federal and various state laws by (a) making and collecting loans with annual interest rates in excess of the amount allowed by state law;...