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CFPB Warns Employers That Use of Third-Party Consumer Reports Must Be Fair

The CFPB issued guidance regarding “Background Dossiers and Algorithmic Scores for Hiring, Promotion, and Other Employment Decisions.” In the guidance, the CFPB warns that, like credit reports used by lenders to make lending decisions, third-party AI and background dossiers that convey scores about workers are often governed by the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) when used…

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U.S. DOJ and DOT Launch Inquiry into Air Travel Competition

The U.S. DOJ’s Antitrust Division and the DOT announced the launch of a broad public inquiry into the state of competition in air travel. In the agencies’ joint Request for Information, they seek information on topics such as consolidation, anticompetitive conduct, and a wide range of issues affecting the availability and affordability of air travel options,…

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CFPB Finalizes Personal Financial Data Rights Rule

The CFPB has finalized a rule promoting a shift toward open and decentralized banking by requiring depository and nondepository entities to make certain data relating to consumers’ transactions and accounts available to consumers and authorized third parties.

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AG Task Force Issues Warning over Illegal Robocalls

The bipartisan Anti-Robocall Multistate Litigation Task Force—consisting of 51 AGs—issued a warning letter to iDentidad Advertising Development LLC, d/b/a iDentidad Telecom (iDentidad), raising concerns that iDentidad may be transmitting illegal robocall traffic in violation of the Telemarketing Sales Rule, Telephone Consumer Protection Act, Truth in Caller ID Act, and state consumer protection laws.

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GOP AGs Accelerate Challenge to EPA’s Heavy-Duty Vehicle Emissions Standards Rule

A group of 24 Republican AGs have filed a brief challenging the EPA’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards for Heavy-Duty Vehicles—Phase 3 final rule (Final Rule), which sets standards to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from heavy-duty (HD) vehicles. In the AG’s brief, they contend that the Final Rule is invalid, arguing it exceeds the EPA’s statutory authority, violates…

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