Changing “Date of Status” and “First Reported Date” May Expose Furnisher to a Willful Violation of the FCRA

The Fair Credit Reporting Act (“FCRA”) permits consumers to dispute the details of their credit reports. In Johnson v. US Bank Mortg., et al., No. 20-cv-3433, 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 216894 (N.D. Ill. Nov. 19, 2020), the Plaintiff, Tonya L. Johnson (“Johnson”), brought suit against US Bank Home Mortgage (“US Bank”) and a national credit reporting agency, under the FCRA, alleging that US Bank failed to conduct a reasonable investigation into her claims that US Bank improperly changed the dates it...
By: Troutman Pepper

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