FTC and consumer groups file amicus briefs in Seventh Circuit in support of CFPB’s appeal from district court ruling in Townstone Mortgage that ECOA only applies to applicants

The FTC has filed an amicus brief in support of the CFPB’s appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit from the district court’s decision in the CFPB’s enforcement action against Townstone Mortgage (Townstone).  In the case,…