Business Information Group Background Check Class Action Settlement

Class Eligibility

This settlement has three certified classes:

Injunctive Relief Class: Class members are U.S. residents who were subject to at least one BIG consumer report sourced from TransUnion from Dec. 17, 2010 to June 28, 2018 and whose report contained a public record. This approximately 276,000 members of this Class.

Rule 23(b)(2) Subgroup Class: This group includes all Injunctive Relief Class Members who were subject to at least one BIG consumer report dated starting Dec. 17, 2013 to June 27, 2016, in which the consumer report contained a public record (other than a bankruptcy) sourced from TransUnion, and where BIG’s records don’t reflect that the Class Member filed a dispute with BIG about the report. This class has about 88,041 members of this Class.

Automatic Payment Class: This class is for all U.S. residents who were subject to at least one BIG consumer report dated Dec. 17, 2013 to June 27, 2016, where the consumer report contained a public record sourced from TransUnion and where BIG’s records show that the Class Member filed a dispute with BIG about the report. This class has approximately 865 members of this Class.

Estimated Amount

$50 to $500

Proof of Purchase

N/A

Case Name

Michael Kelly v. Business Information Group Inc.,
Case No. 2:15-cv-06668

District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Case Summary

The class action alleges that certain individuals were denied employment based on public information available of their background checks

Settlement Pool

$3,300,000

Deadline

10/09/18

Contact



Kelly v. BIG Settlement

c/o American Legal Claim Services LLC

P.O. Box 23678

Jacksonville, FL 32241-3678

800-687-0139