The Fair Credit Reporting Act is a federal law that regulates credit bureaus and protects consumers. It was passed in 1970 to address the accuracy, fairness, and privacy issues within the credit ...

Key Takeaways About half of U.S. employers check your credit history for at least some jobs and may turn you down because of what they find.The version employers see doesn't include your credit score ...

Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) has proposed the Fair Credit Reporting Improvement Act of 2014. Alex Wong / Getty Images Unreasonable dispute investigation procedures Today, if you challenge information ...

Americans’ unpaid medical bills will remain on their credit reports after a federal judge last week vacated a Biden-era Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) rule that would have removed such ...

Analysis Tracking Generative AI: How Evolving AI Models Are Impacting Legal A running compilation of how the legal landscape continues to be shaped by generative AI tools, from GPT technologies to ...

“In the 50 years of the credit-reporting agency act, the Fair Credit Reporting Act, there have been very few penalties imposed on the bureaus for mistakes.” ...

Equifax was sued Wednesday in Georgia Northern District Court for claims under the Fair Credit Reporting Act. The court case was filed by the Price Law Group on behalf of Jenae Maria Galyes ...

Congress can act by updating our credit reporting laws with new “frozen by default” regulations. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and Federal Trade Commission already hold partial ...