Kelly v. Business Information Group, Inc. – $3.3 million settlement

CLA represented a national class of consumers on whom the defendant sold reports to potential employers without meeting FCRA requirements for notifying consumers about the reports or ensuring their contents were complete and up-to-date. The settlement provided practice changes and a cash settlement fund of $3,300,000 from which class members received cash payments.

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Leonard A. Bennett Receives Highest Honor in the Field of Consumer Law
2025 Vern Countryman Award at NCLC Conference Presentation at the 2025 NCLC Conference At its annual Consumer Rights Litigation Conference on November 15, 2025, the National Consumer Law Center (NCLC) presented the prestigious Vern Countryman Award to Virginia attorney Leonard...
Can I Sue if the Credit Bureaus For Errors On My Credit Report?
Errors on credit reports happen more often than you might think. Maybe your credit report has accounts that aren’t yours – what do you do? Or perhaps someone else’s name and address is showing up on your report, leaving you...
Virginia is an FCRA Powerhouse
A Sample of Cases Demonstrating CLA’s Commitment to Consumers and Expertise under the Fair Credit Reporting Act Virginia has become a powerhouse jurisdiction for consumer credit reporting law. Over the past few decades, Virginia consumer advocates – including attorneys from...