Past Successes

CLA represented a national class against Experian for violations of the FCRA relating to how accurately Experian reported public records like civil judgments and tax liens. This second groundbreaking settlement provided relief to every consumer that suffered some type of...

CLA resolved the FCRA claims of approximately 18,500 consumers, alleging Credit Plus failed to establish or follow reasonable procedures to assure maximum possible accuracy of the information contained on MERS reports, some of the most commonly used reports in home-buying...

CLA represented a national class of consumers on whom the defendant sold reports to potential employers without meeting FCRA requirements for notifying consumers about the reports or ensuring their contents were complete and up-to-date. The settlement provided practice changes and...

CLA represented a class of approximately 20 million consumers against TransUnion for violations of the FCRA. In yet another first-of-its-kind settlement, TransUnion agreed to that all existing public records (like tax liens and civil judgments) will be removed from consumer’s...

CLA’s dogged investigation and skill allowed it to resolve the FCRA claims of over 200,000 consumers against defendants who steadfastly claimed the FCRA did not apply to them, so they owed consumers no FCRA protections. The settlement paid cash to...

CLA represented a class against Wells Fargo Bank for violations of the FCRA relating to the obtaining and use of background checks for employees and applicants. The case resulted in a nationwide settlement of $12,000,000, from which class members obtained...

CLA resolved the FCRA claims of approximately 20,926 against AlliedBarton Security Services for failure to provide notice to individuals about whom it ran employment background checks and did not provide appropriate notice in doing so. Class members received shares of...

CLA represented a class of consumers against Strategic Screening for failure to provide notice to individuals about whom it ran employment background checks and did not provide appropriate notice. Class members received shares of a $1,600,000 settlement fund.

CLA resolved FCRA claims for a class of about 430,000 consumers who Backgroundchecks.com failed to properly notify when it sold employment background checks about them. The settlement resulted in Backgroundchecks.com paying $18 million from which class members received a portion.

CLA represented a class of applicants and employees against FTS USA for FCRA violations when it obtained and used background checks. The case went to trial before a jury and resulted in a class settlement of $1,300,000 during trial.