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The Full Picture Matters: Why the tri-merge protects homebuyers

By Dan Smith, President and CEO, Consumer Data Industry Association On July 1, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac released historical FICO...

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Eric Ellman
January 12, 2023
Legal Affairs
S.C. Screen Scraping Case Can Proceed
We reported before on screen scraping litigation in federal court in South Carolina where the ACLU and the NAACP filed a...
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Eric Ellman
April 20, 2022
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NAACP, ACLU Support Screen Scraping for S.C. Court Records
In March 2022, as noted in a press release, “[t]he American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of South Carolina, and the NAACP...
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Eric Ellman
April 5, 2022
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Identifiers Are Critical for Court Record Access
On April 3, 2022, six people were killed and 12 others injured in a tragic mass shooting in Sacramento, California. A...
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Eric Ellman
March 15, 2022
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The Georgia Court System Shows Flaws; Shows a Critical Need for Improvement; and How the Private Sector Can Help
The Consumer Data Industry Association has long advocated for greater uniformity, standardization, centralization, and automation of court records across the U.S....
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Eric Ellman
March 10, 2022
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Literally Stealing Food Out of the Mouths of Those in Need: Background Checks Could Have Prevented "Massive" Fraud in Minn.
Few crimes are worse than literally stealing food from families in need, but that’s what happened in Minnesota in 2021 because...
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Eric Ellman
January 7, 2022
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Baltimore City Worker With "Extensive" Record Allegedly Steals City Vehicle for ATM Theft
Even though Kirk Parker, Jr., has an “extensive criminal record,” he was still hired in 2019 by the Baltimore City’s Department...
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Eric Ellman
November 18, 2021
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U.S. reaches tentative settlement in excessive PACER fees lawsuit
A long-running complaint of many users of the PACER system may finally be reaching an end. The Public Access to Court...
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Eric Ellman
October 5, 2021
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California Automatic Expungement Bill Dies on the Assembly Floor
On the last day of the 2021 legislative session, a bill that would have limited employers’ and landlords’ access to criminal...
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Eric Ellman
May 21, 2021
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Expunging Records: It's Not as Easy as Some Were Led to Believe
“’I just worry that we are over-promising something to millions of people — that there’s going to be a magic wand...
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Eric Ellman
November 5, 2020
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Another public records victory; this time in Arkansas
We posted before about CDIA’s defense of public records in Arkansas in an amicus brief before that state’s supreme court. Our...
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