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Huge FCRA Verdict Against Equifax Shows Potential Costs of Failing to Protect and Correct Consumer’s Credit History

Posted in Federal Trade Commission, Privacy Litigation

Written by Kevin McGinty Last week an Oregon jury awarded an individual plaintiff over $18 million in compensatory and punitive damages in what some sources have reported to be the first jury verdict in a case brought under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (“FCRA”), 15 U.S.C. § 1681a(c).  The plaintiff, Julie Miller, discovered problems with her… Continue Reading