Judge Transfers Suit Accusing Equifax Of Selling Data After Refinancing Home

Mealey's (February 25, 2020, 1:25 PM EST) -- PHILADELPHIA — A federal judge in Pennsylvania on Feb. 21 transferred a lawsuit accusing Equifax Inc. and its affiliates of violating the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) of illegally selling information to mortgage brokers who made phone calls to plaintiffs’ Florida home after they began refinancing the loan on a home they own in Delaware, finding that litigating the suit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia would enhance judicial efficiency (Harold Berk v. Equifax Inc., et al., No. 19-4629, E.D. Pa., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 29714)....