Amici Support High Court Arguments That FCRA Waives USDA’s Sovereign Immunity

(October 9, 2023, 8:12 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A think tank and several nonprofits and legal clinics filed two amicus curiae briefs in the U.S. Supreme Court supporting arguments by a borrower that the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) “unambiguously authoriz[es] suit against federal agencies,” including the U.S. Department of Agriculture, clearing the way for the borrower to proceed with a lawsuit alleging that the USDA misrepresented that he was past due on his mortgage....