February 28, 2025
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Friday voluntarily dismissed, with prejudice, a lawsuit against TransUnion alleging deceptive marketing practices, and another suit against 1st Alliance Lending LLC alleging deceptive mortgage lending practices, the latest in a string of enforcement actions the Trump administration has dropped without explanation.
August 21, 2024
A magistrate judge has ruled that TransUnion will not be able to access documents relating to a Consumer Financial Protection Bureau enforcement action against the credit bureau, reasoning that TransUnion was not able to prove that the documents should not be protected by privilege.
November 13, 2023
An Illinois federal judge tossed TransUnion's counterclaims seeking to recoup $5 million from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in the agency's suit alleging the credit reporting giant persistently used what the CFPB has called "digital dark patterns" to lure online consumers into difficult-to-cancel subscription products.
May 25, 2023
The Illinois federal judge overseeing the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's lawsuit against TransUnion has denied a bid for interlocutory appeal by one of the credit reporting giant's former executives, who says the agency lacks authority to pursue claims against him as part of the case.
April 14, 2023
A Chicago federal judge has declined to halt the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's marketing practices lawsuit against TransUnion while the agency undergoes a constitutional challenge at the U.S. Supreme Court, citing concerns about a potential for continued risks to consumers in the meantime.
March 20, 2023
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau wants a Chicago federal judge to let it move forward with an enforcement case against TransUnion even as the U.S. Supreme Court considers the agency's legality, saying a pause would allow for more misconduct by the credit reporting giant.
March 01, 2023
TransUnion asked an Illinois federal judge on Tuesday to stay the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's enforcement action against it until the U.S. Supreme Court rules on the constitutionality of the agency's funding structure.
November 18, 2022
A Chicago federal judge ruled Friday that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau can proceed with its lawsuit accusing TransUnion and a former executive of violating a prior marketing practices consent order, rejecting dismissal bids that included a constitutional challenge to the agency.
October 26, 2022
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has slammed the Fifth Circuit's bombshell ruling holding that the agency is unconstitutionally funded, saying the decision doesn't "make sense" and is no reason for an Illinois federal judge to throw out the agency's suit against credit reporting giant TransUnion.
October 21, 2022
Companies fighting for dismissal of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau enforcement actions have begun invoking support from the Fifth Circuit's recent bombshell decision that the agency is unconstitutionally funded, with credit reporting giant TransUnion among the first to brandish the ruling.