Partners Timothy St. George and David Anthony coauthored a byline published in Business Law Today titled, "A Practical Approach to Defending Fair Credit Reporting Act Class Actions in Federal Court." As the headline suggests, the article explores defenses for contending that no class be certified. The authors write, "Given the highly technical nature of the FCRA, as well as the magnitude of recent awards under the statute, the FCRA is a dangerous statute for defendants. That danger is exponentially more acute in the context of a putative class action. ... substantial attention to potential certification defenses is necessary from the very outset of the action, and defendants can then use the discovery process as a tool to substantiate any factual bases necessary to resist class certification."
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