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Michael Thurman

Michael Thurman

Loeb & Loeb LLP


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CFPB Issues Rules Governing Use of Civil Penalty Funds

One of the most intriguing aspects of the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is the agency's novel power not only to assess civil penalties against those entities that violate its rules and federal consumer laws, but...more

5/22/2013 - CFPB Civil Monetary Penalty Dodd-Frank

CFPB Settles Allegations of Improper Payments by Mortgage Insurers

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced that it had settled enforcement actions against four insurance companies in connection with alleged improper payments between the insurance companies and mortgage...more

4/16/2013 - CFPB Consent Order Enforcement Actions Insurance Companies Investigations Lenders Mortgages RESPA Settlement

CFPB Announces Plans to Hold Auto Lenders Liable for Discriminatory Loans

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued a guidance bulletin announcing that it will treat indirect auto lenders as creditors subject to the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA). The March 21 bulletin follows the CFPB's...more

4/3/2013 - Automotive Industry Car Dealerships CFPB Discrimination Disparate Impact ECOA Fair Lending Interest Rates Regulation B

Your Complaints Just Went Public! The CFPB Expands Online Access to Consumer Complaint Data

Keeping its promise to make consumer complaints available for all the consumer financial products and services it oversees, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau yesterday announced that it has added some 90,000 additional...more

4/1/2013 - CFPB Consumer Complaint System Credit Cards Mortgages Student Loans

House Financial Services Committee Chair Challenges CFPB Funding

House Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-Texas) sent a letter March 8 to Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke challenging the Fed's funding of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Hensarling's...more

3/27/2013 - Ben Bernanke Canning v NLRB CFPB Federal Funding Funding Richard Cordray

CFPB Proposes Rule to Supervise Largest Nonbank Student Loan Servicers

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has announced its intention to oversee the nation's largest nonbank loan servicers, which service more than one million accounts each year, in the higher education loan market. While...more

3/27/2013 - CFPB Dodd-Frank Loan Servicing Student Loans

CFPB Seeks Information on Financial Products and Services Offered to College Students

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau believes positive financial decision making should be learned at a young age. The Bureau recently issued a Request for Information Regarding Financial Products Marketed to Students...more

2/22/2013 - Advertising CFPB Colleges Financial Products Marketing Student Lending Examination Procedures Student Loans Students Universities

D.C. Court Holds President's Recess Appointments "Constitutionally Invalid," Raising Questions About CFPB's Exercise of Authority...

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia issued an opinion Jan. 25, 2013, that overturns President Barack Obama's recess appointments of three National Labor Relations Board members and opens the door to...more

1/30/2013 - Canning v NLRB CFPB NLRB Political Appointments Pro Forma Sessions Recess Appointments Richard Cordray

CFPB and Justice Department Agree to Coordinate Fair Lending Enforcement Efforts

The U.S. Department of Justice and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau have signed an agreement to coordinate fair lending enforcement efforts, including the sharing of information, joint investigations, and referrals...more

12/20/2012 - CFPB DOJ Enforcement Equal Credit Opportunity Act Fair Lending

CFPB Brings First Joint Enforcement Action With States Against Payday Loan Debt Relief Company

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, together with five states, has filed a federal complaint and submitted a proposed stipulated final judgment and order against a Florida company and its president for allegedly...more

12/19/2012 - CFPB Debt Settlement Services Payday Loan Debt Solution Inc Payday Loans TSR

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