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Consumer Reporting
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Corporate and Securities Law
CFPB Proposes Rule to Supervise Consumer Debt Collection and Consumer Reporting Markets
The Rainmaker Blog
News You Can Use: Consumer Reports Reviews Legal Software Products
Consumer Reports doesn’t really like legal software products, and that can be good news you can use in your law firm marketing efforts. Earlier this week, Consumer Reports issued a…
Consumer Finance Monitor
CFPB may supervise “larger participants” in six markets
The CFPB published a Notice and Request for Comment in the Federal Register on June 29, 2011, identifying six markets for consumer financial products and services being considered as markets…
HL Chronicle of Data Protection
Regulations Imposing New Obligations on Entities Furnishing Information to Consumer Reporting Agencies Go into Effect on July 1
By Bret Cohen
On July 1, 2010, final regulations will go into effect that impose new obligations on entities that furnish information about individuals ("data furnishers") to consumer reporting agencies ("CRAs") for use…
Proskauer on Privacy
Doesn’t Alice Live Here Anymore? FACTA and the Address Discrepancy Rule
Section 315 of FACTA requires institutions that utilize consumer reports (“users”) to develop and follow certain procedures when notified of an address discrepancy by a national CRA (Equifax, Experian and…
Nano and Other Emerging Chemical Technologies Blog
July Issue of Consumer Reports Includes Article on Nanotechnology
The July 2007 issue of Consumer Reports includes an article entitled “NANOtechnology: Untold Promise, Untold Risk.” According to Consumer Reports, while nanotechnology “promises to be the most important innovation since electricity and…
California Employment Law Update
Employer Did Not Violate Consumer Reporting Agencies Act
By Tony Oncidi
Moran v. Murtaugh, Miller, Meyer & Nelson, 126 Cal. App. 4th 323 (2005) Gene Moran was hired as a paralegal by the Murtaugh, Miller law firm. Shortly thereafter, one of…