Courts Signal Higher FCRA Bar For Identity Theft Claims

Brian T. Kiolbasa, a member of Ballard Spahr's Consumer Financial Services Group, wrote for Law360's Expert Analysis section about recent federal court decisions raising the bar for Far Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) claims.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit is the latest in a broader trend toward an "objectively and readily verifiable" inaccuracy standard under the FCRA. Brian examines what this heightened threshold may mean for future FCRA claims, and why businesses that report consumer data should keep an eye on further developments.

Read the full article here.