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2024 PBSA Annual Conference
Joe Messer and Andrew Schwartz are looking forward to the Professional Background Screeners Association’s Annual Conference in Boston on Sep 8 – 10, 2024 where they will be presenting How to Effectively Manage FCRA Litigation. They hope to see you at the Conference and at their presentation.
Why You Need a FCRA Compliance Manual and What it Should Include
On December 14, 2022 I presented a Professional Background Screening Associations (PBSA) Educational Resources Committee webinar entitled Why You Need a FCRA Compliance Manual and What it Should Include. During the presentation I explain the “reasonable”
Internal FCRA Compliance Audits
Internal Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) Compliance Audits can be an effective way to guard against lawsuits. A properly conducted Audit will expose operational deficiencies which can subject your firm to potential liabilities so you can address them before liability arises. This article describes what an Audit can cover, how to motivate your employees to meaningfully participate in the Audit, what to do with the information gleaned from the Audit and how to protect negative information from the Audit from disclosure if litigation arises.
Professional Background Screening Association’s Annual Conference
On September 13, 2022, Joe Messer will be speaking at the Professional Background Screening
Association’s Annual Conference at the Gaylord Rockies Resort in Denver, Colorado. He will present a
seminar on Fair Credit Reporting Act compliance audits and how they can guard against FCRA lawsuits.
Illinois Employers Should Be Aware of Laws Governing Use of Background and Credit Checks for Employment Purposes
Illinois employers who use background or credit checks for employment purposes must be aware of three Illinois laws which govern that process. These laws limit the ability of employer to use background checks to eliminate job applicants, or terminate existing employees.
TransUnion’s Supreme Court Victory Will Help CRAs Defeat “No Injury” FCRA Lawsuits
On June 25, 2021, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its opinion in TransUnion v. Ramirez [1]. The issue in this Fair Credit Reporting Act case
Are “No Injury” FCRA Lawsuits in The Rearview Mirror? Yes, according to two recent court decisions.
Originally prepared for and published by PBSA in the July-August 2021 edition of the Journal. Read the full issue here: https://thepbsa.uberflip.com/i/1403122-pbsa-journal-july-august-2021/0? When a consumer is
How Arbitration Provisions Can Protect CRAs From Class Action Lawsuits
Originally prepared for and published by PBSA in the May-June 2021 edition of the Journal. Read the full issue here: https://thepbsa.org/resources/publications/ On April 5, 2021,
Colorado Enacts the Colorado Privacy Act
On July 7, 2021, Colorado enacted the Colorado Privacy Act (“CPA”). The CPA is yet another state privacy law similar to the California Consumer Privacy