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22 Apr, 2024
Daniel Cohen
In the News: Changes by Credit Reporting Bureaus Could Wipe Your Medical Debt From Your Credit Report
Up to 70% of medical debt will be removed from Americans' credit reports starting July 2022
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22 Apr, 2024
Daniel Cohen
Automated Background Reporting Mistakes Might Get You Banned from Dating Apps
Automated Background Reporting Mistakes Can Get Users Banned from Dating Apps
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22 Apr, 2024
Daniel Cohen
Hyundai Capital America’s $19-Million Credit Reporting Catastrophe, Explained
Hyundai’s $19-Million Credit Reporting Catastrophe, Explained
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22 Apr, 2024
Daniel Cohen
How an Equifax Coding Blunder Led to Millions of Incorrect Credit Scores Issued to Lenders
Equifax Coding Snag Led to Millions of Erroneous Credit Scores Issued to Lenders
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22 Apr, 2024
Daniel Cohen
The Effect of Biden’s Federal Pardon on Marijuana Drug Charges for a Background Check
Biden's move shows the federal government's view on the drug is evolving, but it still leaves the issue mostly in the hands of the individual states
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22 Apr, 2024
Daniel Cohen
Government Investigation Finds Equifax, TransUnion, and Experian Failed to Address Errors in Consumer Credit Reports
While certainly no surprise to attorneys like us who deal with these agencies all the time, it's nice to see the government start to take notice.
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22 Apr, 2024
Daniel Cohen
Florida Residents - Are You Receiving Spam Calls or Texts?
New laws in Florida are designed to protect you from harassment by telemarketers, attempting to replace federal laws recently weakened by the Supreme Court.
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22 Apr, 2024
Daniel Cohen
Scam Likely: New Study Shows That Older Adults Aren’t the True Victims of Online Shopping Scams
It turns out that younger, supposedly more tech savvy consumers are actually in the majority.
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22 Apr, 2024
Daniel Cohen
False OFAC Alert on Credit Report: How to Solve Error?
If you had the misfortune of being erroneously flagged as a terrorist on your credit report, you need to read this.
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22 Apr, 2024
Daniel Cohen
People who serve in the military have an increased risk of Identity theft and credit reporting errors
In 2021, service-members, veterans, and military family members reported nearly 50,000 cases of identity theft to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC).
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22 Apr, 2024
Daniel Cohen
The CRA Circle of Sharks
This is the (sadly typical) story of one of our clients and her struggles with inaccurate information appearing in background reports from no less than 5 different credit reporting agencies
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19 Apr, 2024
Daniel Cohen
Why Vietnamese US Citizens Are Vulnerable to Identity Theft and Background Report Errors
In yet another example of the carelessness of the Credit Reporting Agencies (CRA’s), Vietnamese Americans have an increased risk of reporting errors because they don’t have that many names to go around.
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