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Dig into complex mortgage reporting topics and enhance your Metro 2® Reporting Skills @ the Metro 2® Format Advanced Workshop this fall
Metro 2® Format Advanced Workshop In this interactive session, you’ll work through real-world examples and collaborate with peers to tackle these...

Early Bird Pricing is extended through July 7! Secure your seats before prices go up!
The Metro 2® Format Advanced Workshop is your go-to resource for advanced Metro 2® Format learning where attendees will navigate complex reporting scenarios with...

Secure Your Spot! A webinar series you won’t want to miss!
Part 1 of a two-part webinar series – Protecting Privacy: Understanding the Permissible Use of Consumer Reports – is filling up...

Eric Ellman
January 12, 2023
We reported before on screen scraping litigation in federal court in South Carolina where the ACLU and the NAACP filed a...

Eric Ellman
April 20, 2022
In March 2022, as noted in a press release, “[t]he American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of South Carolina, and the NAACP...

Eric Ellman
April 5, 2022
On April 3, 2022, six people were killed and 12 others injured in a tragic mass shooting in Sacramento, California. A...

Eric Ellman
March 15, 2022
The Consumer Data Industry Association has long advocated for greater uniformity, standardization, centralization, and automation of court records across the U.S....

Eric Ellman
March 10, 2022
Few crimes are worse than literally stealing food from families in need, but that’s what happened in Minnesota in 2021 because...

Eric Ellman
January 7, 2022
Even though Kirk Parker, Jr., has an “extensive criminal record,” he was still hired in 2019 by the Baltimore City’s Department...

Eric Ellman
November 18, 2021
A long-running complaint of many users of the PACER system may finally be reaching an end. The Public Access to Court...

Eric Ellman
October 5, 2021
On the last day of the 2021 legislative session, a bill that would have limited employers’ and landlords’ access to criminal...

Eric Ellman
May 21, 2021
“’I just worry that we are over-promising something to millions of people — that there’s going to be a magic wand...

Eric Ellman
November 5, 2020
We posted before about CDIA’s defense of public records in Arkansas in an amicus brief before that state’s supreme court. Our...