"$4B Litigation Over Credit Reports Gets The Boot" Law360 - The Newswire for Business Lawyers  July 8, 2009
 Nexsen Pruet attorney Billy Wilkins is interviewed for a Law360 article entitled "$4B Litigation Over Credit Reports Gets The Boot."
Reporter Jocelyn Allison interviewed Wilkins after a federal judge "dismissed three putative class actions seeking a total of more than $4 billion over allegations that the top U.S. consumer credit reporting agencies hurt credit scores...." U.S. District Judge Ross Anderson granted summary judgment in three separate cases against Experian Information Solutions Inc., Equifax Information Services LLC and TransUnion LLC.
Wilkins represented Experian in the case and argued for the defendants. He told Law360 that there was a lot at stake in the class action case which involved four million members. “If we had lost here in the Fourth Circuit, it would be a crippling blow, but it would be the first of many lawsuits that would have been brought in other circuits," said Wilkins. Click here to read the full article.
Wilkins is former Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and former Chair of the United States Sentencing Commission. He leads Nexsen Pruet’s White-Collar Crime, Appellate Advocacy and Corporate Compliance/Crisis Management practices and serves clients through his work in the firm’s Business Litigation Group. |
