Current Events and Consumer News

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

Yet another example of a credit bureau (ACCURATE BACKGROUND LLC , in this case) shamelessly ruining someone's life with their carelessness and indifference

Yet another story of an uncaring credit agency ruining someone's life with their inept practices and incompetence, this time it's RealPage

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.

Consumer Attorneys Wins a Big Judgment Against Nissan for Credit Reporting Errors that Tanked a Mortgage Application

Consumer Attorneys: Legal Views on Consumer News

Up to 70% of medical debt will be removed from Americans' credit reports starting July 2022

Hyundai’s $19-Million Credit Reporting Catastrophe, Explained

Equifax Coding Snag Led to Millions of Erroneous Credit Scores Issued to Lenders

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.

In 2021, service-members, veterans, and military family members reported nearly 50,000 cases of identity theft to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC).

Amongst the many issues created by the pandemic, credit reporting mistakes are multiplying in the wake of new legislation and policy.