Tag Archives: punitive damages

Four Words the Fair Credit Reporting Act Has Class Action Plaintiffs and Their Lawyers Repeating: “Show Me The Money!”

By Nathan A. Schacht on January 18, 2013 Posted in Class Action Trends

Editors’ Note: This post is being jointly published on Baker’s Employment Class Action Blog. Over the past few years, the Fair Credit Reporting Act (“FCRA”), the federal law mandating, among other things, procedures and reporting requirements employers must follow when conducting background checks through a third party vendor, has become a hot-button employment issue, and … Continue Reading

Supreme Court Denies Cert on Preclusion Issue Post Decertification in Florida Tobacco Case…And Once Again, Decertification Proves to Be a Hollow Victory

By Casie Collignon on December 3, 2012 Posted in Class Certification

Last week, on November 26, 2012, the United States Supreme Court denied cert in one of the thousands of individual cases pending in the aftermath of Engle v. Liggett Group, Inc., 945 So. 2d 1246 (Fla. 2006), where the State of Florida took on the tobacco industry. In R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. v. Clay, Case … Continue Reading