Big Week in the 7th Circuit: Settlement Offers, Envelopes, Creditor ID, and More

Tuesday was a big day in the Seventh Circuit with three significant court decisions: two from the Court of Appeals and one from the Northern District of Illinois. They span the gamut of being good to bad for the industry—something that the iA Case Law Tracker makes super simple to keep up with. As with most things in life, it’s best to just rip off the bandaid, so let’s start with the bad news and end on a positive note.

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» Big Week in the 7th Circuit: Settlement Offers, Envelopes, Creditor ID, and More

» 6th Cir. Holds Consumer Lacks Standing to Assert ‘Meaningful Involvement’ Claim, Not Every Technical Violation is Redressable

» Another Seat at the Table: CFPB Adds Another Member to Taskforce

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» Corporate Officer Faces Personal Liability for TCPA Suit For Failing to Stop Calls

You Oughta Know, 23 January 2020

Welcome to You Oughta Know, a collection of links from around the internet that you should probably know about.

• Report: FICO Credit Score Adjustments Could Hurt Consumers With Growing Debt. "Fair Isaac, the company behind FICO credit scores, is updating the way it calculates consumers’ creditworthiness, which could result in lower scores, coming amid a period of time in which Americans credit scores have reached an average record high.⁠" (Forbes)
  
• Blacks Make up Majority of Inmates in Mississippi’s Debtors Prison. "Mississippi – a state described as having been suffocated by its history of racial prejudice – appears to be the only state where people are jailed while they work to pay off court-ordered debts." (Charleston Chronicle)
  
• A plan to give CFPB’s new task force some teeth. "The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau recently announced the composition of its new task force, aimed at improving and strengthening federal consumer financial laws and regulations." (American Banker)
  

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