Month: July 2017

Just a few short weeks ago, the Northern District of California awarded the plaintiffs in the case of Ramirez v. Trans Union LLC, $60 million after holding that the defendant, credit reporting agency Trans Union, violated the Fair Credit Reporting Act (“FCRA”).  To date, this is the largest amount awarded by a jury to a […]

The Fair Credit Reporting Act (“FCRA”), is the federal statute that was enacted to promote accuracy, fairness, and privacy of consumer information contained in the files of credit reporting agencies.  The purpose of this law is to protect consumers from the willful and/or negligent inclusion of inaccurate information in credit reports.  With this purpose in […]