LinkedIn sued over lost job opportunities
Plaintiffs say networking site's provision of job reference material for potential employers without ensuring its accuracy is a violation of the Fair Credit Reporting Act
New York
LINKEDIN is the industry leader in helping people make work connections. Log on, and this professional networking site displays a sampling of "people you may know" - often including colleagues at a user's own workplace - with whom to start hobnobbing.
Now, however, four people are suing LinkedIn, contending that one of the site's networking features cost them job opportunities.
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