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• Workplace Misconduct Investigations Now Excluded from the Fair Credit Reporting Act ( March 2004 )
  Sherry L. Travers of Thompson, Coe, Cousins & Irons, LLP

  President Bush recently signed into law the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act (FACTA), which reauthorizes the Fair Credit and Reporting Act (FCRA) and eliminates third-party misconduct investigations from the FCRA's coverage. Employers will now be free to use outside experts to investigate employees without the employee's advance knowledge or consent.