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Consumer Protection Law

Loyola University Chicago, School of Law

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2014

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Seeking Solutions To Financial History Discrimination, Lea Krivinskas Shepard Jan 2014

Seeking Solutions To Financial History Discrimination, Lea Krivinskas Shepard

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Employers’ use of credit reports to evaluate prospective job applicants has generated considerable scrutiny in the popular press and academic literature, but few proposals for reform. This Article explores three possible ways of reducing the risk of financial history discrimination in the employment setting.

First, imposing inquiry limits on employers’ use of credit reports, a policy recently adopted or under consideration in the majority of states, is unlikely to be effective, since states’ inquiry limits are currently narrowly drafted and therefore advance few anti-discriminatory objectives. In addition, inquiry limits cannot prevent self-interested individuals from voluntarily revealing their credit histories and …


The Telephone Consumer Protection Act Of 1991: Adapting Consumer Protection To Changing Technology, Spencer Weber Waller Jan 2014

The Telephone Consumer Protection Act Of 1991: Adapting Consumer Protection To Changing Technology, Spencer Weber Waller

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No abstract provided.