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Regulatory Reversal: CFPB's Withdrawal of Interpretive Guidance and Its Impact on the Rental Screening Industry

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On May 9, 2025, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) formally withdrew dozens of interpretive rules, policy statements, advisory opinions, bulletins, and circulars issued over the past decade....more

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Advocacy Group Petitions CFPB to Categorize Housing Rental Leases as “Credit”

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On August 12, the National Consumer Law Center (NCLC), a prominent consumer advocacy group, petitioned the CFPB to open rulemaking under the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA) to expand the definition of “credit” to include...more

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CFPB issues two new FCRA advisory opinions on background screening reports and disclosure of credit files to consumers

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On January 11, 2024, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued two new advisory opinions: Fair Credit Reporting; Background Screening and Fair Credit Reporting; File Disclosure. The advisory opinions are part of...more

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CFPB Bites of the Month - August 2023 - School Bells Ringing Loud and Clear, Vacation's Over, CFPB is Near

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In this month's article, we share some of our top "bites" for the prior month covered during the August 2023 webinar. Bite 1: CFPB Publishes Report on Employer-Driven Debt - On July 20, 2023, the CFPB published a...more

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FTC recommends use of written adverse action notices by housing providers

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A new FTC blog post titled “Tenant background check reports: Put it in writing” reminds landlords, property managers, and other housing providers of their obligation under the Fair Credit Reporting Act to provide notice of...more

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All Consuming - Financial Litigation Insights - Issue 2, July 2023

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CFPB Issue Spotlight Analyzes “Artificial Intelligence” Chatbots in Banking - "Poorly deployed chatbots can impede customers from resolving problems." Why this is important: The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau...more

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