A $40 million class action verdict against a national credit reporting agency for falsely reporting that plaintiffs’ names appeared on a government list of individuals prohibited from conducting business in the United States should be thrown out, the Supreme Court heard March 30. The case is Trans Union LLC v. Ramirez, court file 20-297. Sixty minutes were allotted for the telephonic oral arguments but they ran 90 minutes. Business-related and conservative groups hope the Supreme Court scales back federal laws like the Fair Credit Reporting Act that allow consumers to recover damages without demonstrating they suffered actual harm. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, National Federation of Independent Business, National Association of Manufacturers, American Tort Reform Association, Washington Legal Foundation, eBay Inc., Facebook Inc., Google LLC, The Home Depot Inc., and UnitedHealth Group all filed friend-of-the-court briefs supporting Trans Union. Lead plaintiff Sergio L. Ramirez is the representative for a class …
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