Michaels Stores FCRA Class Suit Dismissed With Leave To Amend

Mealey's (January 31, 2017, 12:26 PM EST) -- NEWARK, N.J. — A New Jersey federal judge on Jan. 24 granted a motion to dismiss three consolidated cases accusing a crafts store chain of violating the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) with its allegedly insufficient background check disclosures, finding that the complaint failed to plead subject matter jurisdiction under the recent decision in Spokeo, Inc. v. Robbins, 136 S. Ct. 1540, 194 L. Ed. 2d 635 (2016) (In Re: Michaels Stores, Inc., Fair Credit Reporting Act [FCRA] Litigation, Nos. 14-7563, 15-2547, 15-5504, D. N.J.; 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS...

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