by Eric J. Ellman | Dec 25, 2020
In an amicus brief to the Arkansas Supreme Court, filed in June 2020, CDIA urged the Court to “again reiterate that public records should remain open to the public, and to deter courthouses across the state from implementing policies that frustrate such rights of...
by Eric J. Ellman | Dec 10, 2019
In December 2019, the CFPB issued a report, A new retrospective on the removal of public records. This is another in a series of quarterly consumer credit trends. This report is a follow-up to the Feb. 2018 report, Removal of public records has little effect on...
by Eric J. Ellman | Dec 9, 2019
In December 2019, the NCLC issued a report, Broken Records Redux: How Errors by Criminal Background Check Companies Continue to Harm Consumers Seeking Jobs and Housing with a press release. This report is a follow-up to NCLC’s April 2011 report, Broken...
by Eric J. Ellman | Dec 1, 2019
In December 2019, the CFPB issued a report, Quarterly Consumer Credit Trends: Public records, credit scores, and credit performance. This report is part of a series of quarterly reports of consumer credit trends produced by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau...
by Eric J. Ellman | Nov 22, 2019
In November 2019, the CFPB announced a settlement with “Sterling Infosystems…to resolve allegations that Sterling violated the [FCRA].” The “stipulated judgment…require[s] Sterling to pay monetary relief to consumers and a civil money penalty and...
