Litigation Under the Fair Credit Reporting Act: Failure to Investigate Claims, Compliance Pitfalls, and Defense Strategies

This program will focus upon the issues arising in litigation surrounding the duties of furnishers of information under Section 1681s-2 of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) to investigate disputes made by consumers to consumer reporting agencies. This program will examine the lessons from case law on Section 1681s-2(b) claims, strategies for defending against these actions, and key compliance lessons for furnishers and their counsel. The topics will include, when does a furnisher have to investigate, what is the nature of duty to investigate, what constitutes an inaccuracy triggering the duty to investigate, how does the furnisher’s duty to investigate…