In what he called "a harbinger of an especially potent partnership," Preet Bharara, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced Tuesday the filing of criminal charges against a New York debt settlement firm...more
5/9/2013
- CFPB Criminal Prosecution
For the consumer debt collection industry, the federal regulators have arrived. In February 2013, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) began supervising roughly 175 large consumer debt collectors, defined as those...more
3/27/2013
- CFPB Debt Collection Dodd-Frank Enforcement ESI
Exploiting a recent European Union Directive extending the term of copyright for sound recordings, Sony released an 86-track collection of Bob Dylan recordings, including studio outtakes and live recordings from 1962-63....more
2/11/2013
- Bob Dylan Copyright EU Music Sony
Fiscal year 2013 has begun for the U.S. government, and nowhere is that more important than for the young agency the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). In 2013, the CFPB's enforcement budget alone (Supervision,...more
11/26/2012
- CFPB
Droit moral – the legal doctrine that grants artists a moral right to dictate certain treatment of their artwork even after sale – has a firm foundation in European law and elsewhere, but has never found much support in U.S....more
11/20/2012
