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Eightfold AI removes privacy case to federal court

( March 2, 2026, 12:44 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Eightfold AI has removed a suit filed over its use of AI to screen job-seekers from a California state court to federal court in San Francisco, as it defends the suit. "Plaintiffs present a distorted account of both Eightfold’s platform and the governing law," Eightfold AI said in a court filing. "They invoke the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA)—a statute enacted decades ago to regulate a materially different industry—in an effort to recast Eightfold as a 'consumer reporting agency.' But nothing in the Act’s text extends that definition to the AI-powered workforce tools at issue here."See attached document....

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