When a court considers a case whose outcome may affect consumers or competition, the FTC may file a “friend of the court” brief to provide information that can help the court make its decision in a way that protects consumers or promotes competition. To find a specific FTC brief, use the filters on this page.
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Citation Number
24-10147
Federal Court
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
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Citation Number
23-2181
Federal Court
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
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Citation Number
23-1911
Federal Court
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
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21-cv-1156
Federal Court
Southern District of New York
The CFPB and the FTC urge the Second Circuit to reverse a district court decision that granted summary judgment for the defendant bank under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). The brief argues that...
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Citation Number
22-11734
Federal Court
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
The Fair Credit Reporting Act requires furnishers of information to consumer reporting agencies to reasonably investigate disputes regarding the completeness or accuracy of the information furnished...
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The Federal Trade Commission joined the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) in filing an amicus brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in the case of Ingram v. Experian...
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Citation Number
22-87
Federal Court
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
The district court dismissed a complaint under the Fair Credit Reporting Act on the ground that the inaccurate information contained in the plaintiff’s credit report was a “legal” inaccuracy and not a...
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Amicus Brief
(620.38 KB)
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Citation Number
21-1678
Federal Court
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Brief of the Federal Trade Commission, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and North Carolina supporting reversal. The brief addresses the district court’s erroneous application of Section 230 of...
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Citation Number
16-7008
Federal Court
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Brief of the Federal Trade Commission and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in support of plaintiff-appellant. The brief argues that the district court erroneously concluded that the plaintiff...
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Text of the Amicus Brief
(155.58 KB)
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Citation Number
12-57246
Federal Court
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Brief of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and Federal Trade Commission as amici curiae before the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, addressing the question of how long, under...
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Moran v. The Screening Pros LLC
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Citation Number
2:10-cv-06850
Federal Court
Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Memorandum brief of the United States, in which both the FTC and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau joined, supporting the constitutionality of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (“FCRA”) provision...
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Citation Number
06-84, 06-100
Joint brief of the United States and the Federal Trade Commission, as amici curiae in these consolidated cases, urging vacatur and remand in Safeco, and reversal in GEICO. The brief argues that, under...
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Citation Number
05-5017
Federal Court
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
In this amicus brief supporting consumers a case under Fair Credit Reporting Act ("FCRA"), the The Commission argues that the district court erred in holding that a mortgage insurance company was not...
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Whitfield v. Radian Guaranty, Inc
(1.07 MB)
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Citation Number
04-35394
Federal Court
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
FTC amicus brief arguing that the district court erred in its interpretation of the Fair Credit Reporting Act when it held that an insurance company cannot take “adverse action” against a consumer, as...
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Ashby v. Farmers Group, Inc
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Citation Number
04-35313
Federal Court
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
The Commission argued that the district court erred in its interpretation of the Fair Credit Reporting Act when it held that an insurance company cannot take “adverse action” against a consumer, as...
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Spano v. SAFECO Insurance Co
(149.02 KB)
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Citation Number
03-3331
Federal Court
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
In this amicus brief, filed at the invitation of the court, the FTC argues that, although the Fair Credit Reporting Act permits a business to obtain a consumer report if it provides the consumer with...
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Cole v. U.S. Capital, Inc. et al.
(142.41 KB)
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Citation Number
03-35848
Federal Court
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
The Commission argued that the district court erred in holding that an insurance company cannot take “adverse action” against a consumer, as that term is defined in the Fair Credit Reporting Act, in...
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Willes v. State Farm Fire and Casualty Co
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Citation Number
03-35695
Federal Court
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
The Commission argued that the district court erred in holding that an insurance company does not take “adverse action” against a consumer, as that term is defined in the Fair Credit Reporting Act...
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Date
Citation Number
No.00-1045
Amicus brief for the United States and the Federal Trade Commission, supporting consumer's argument concerning application of statute of limitations to private action under the Fair Credit Reporting...
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TRW Inc., Petitioner v. Adelaide Andrews
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Citation Number
00-15946
Amicus brief for the Federal Trade Commission supporting individual consumer's right to maintain a cause of action under the Fair Credit Reporting Act against an entity that furnishes information to a...
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