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Controversies

Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.

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  1. 2024

    Call for renewed antitrust scrutiny

    Senator Josh Hawley asked the Justice Department's Antitrust Division to investigate alleged anticompetitive conduct and pricing power in the mortgage credit-scoring market.

  2. 2023

    Antitrust class-action litigation

    Multiple business purchasers of FICO Scores filed antitrust cases alleging monopoly power, anticompetitive agreements, and inflated prices. In September 2023, a federal judge held that the plaintiffs had presented sufficient evidence for the cases to proceed.

  3. 2020

    Department of Justice antitrust investigation

    The U.S. Department of Justice opened an antitrust investigation into FICO in March 2020. Reference material reports that the investigation was closed in December of the same year.