Legal Opinion
Goode v. LexisNexis Risk & Information Analytics Group, Inc.
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided March 22, 2012No. Civil Action No. 2:11-CV-2950-JDPublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
DuBOIS, District Judge.
I. INTRODUCTION
In this putative class action, plaintiffs allege that defendant’s system for conducting background checks violates the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), 15 U.S.C. § 1681 et seq. Plaintiffs are employees who were fired by their employers, and potential employees who were denied employment, based on background checks that defendant conducted as a service to those employers.
Defendant LexisNexis Screening Solutions, Inc.,1 (LexisNexis) filed a Motion to Dismiss pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6).2 For the reasons stated below, the…
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