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| Court: | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Topic: | Banking Law, Consumer Protection Law, Debt Collection, Insurance Law |
| Title: | Safeco Ins. Co. of Am. v. Burr |
| Date: | 06/04/07 |
| Case Number: | 06-84, 06-100 |
| Summary: | In the context of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), which requires notice to any consumer subjected to "adverse action...based in whole or in part on any information contained in a consumer [credit] report" and imposes civil liability on one who "willfully fails" to provide such notice, willful failure covers a violation committed in reckless disregard of the notice obligation. |