Do you think this lawsuit will force the credit reporting bureaus to clean up their act?

No.

And this $18 million amount will not stand. My guess is that it will be reduced to some amount more like $50,000, which is more likely to be the amount of actual loss that she might have suffered. The jury was trying to send a message, but it will fall on deaf ears in the court.

Equifax doesn’t care anyway. Consumers are not the ones paying their bills.

This

No. See @elbanditoroso

Equifax’s customers are not that lady. Until their customers think their interests are being compromised by poor credit data, and demand a better product, it will simply be regarded as a mistake. No way Equfax will actually pay $18+million. She wanted the money to help her brother and husband. Even if they had her credit report correct, what is the evidence that she would have gotten the money?