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Bill on Bankruptcy: Trustees Sleep Easy after High Court Ruling
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Tips for Mobile App Privacy Compliance
Bill on Bankruptcy: Easterbrook Turns the Tide on Student Loans
Bill on Bankruptcy: Stockton May Win the Battle, Lose the War
Buchheit: Cyprus Could Need a Second Bailout
Bill on Bankruptcy: Sigmund Freud, Marx Brothers, Bernie Madoff
Craft Beer Boom in Michigan
Law Prof: I May File Law School Ethics Charges
Monster Energy Drink Accused of Teen Death
A New World for Mortgage Banking – What You Need to Know About the CFPB’s Final Mortgage Servicing Rules
Beware of Notarios
What’s Next from the CFPB
Weekly Brief: Lawyers Laid Off After Foreclosure Settlement
Dean: There's No Oversupply of Lawyers
Jennifer Abril on The Story of Fragrances
California federal courts, particularly those in the Northern District, have become a magnet for food labeling litigation—in particular, cases challenging “All Natural” labels on products containing genetically modified...more
An interagency working group – composed of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC), and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) – is seeking...more
On June 7, the CFPB published a loan originator rule compliance guide and a mortgage servicing rules compliance guide....more
Overdraft fees—many of them encouraged and generated through unfair and deceptive practices—cost consumers billions of dollars each year. Overdrafts are a particular problem when consumers use a debit card to make purchases...more
CFPB Director Richard Cordray was among the speakers at a program last week celebrating the fifth anniversary of the Philadelphia Residential Mortgage Diversion Program....more
On June 11, the CFPB released a white paper with initial findings from its study of bank and credit union overdraft practices. ...more
This week, Maine enacted a bill to simplify the state’s credit reporting law....more
The July 1, 2013, deadline for complying with the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) updated regulations implementing its Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA Rule) is around the corner, as discussed in our post here...more
In March, we blogged about Tyler v. Michaels Stores, a recent Massachusetts Supreme Court ruling, holding that zip codes are personally identifiable information and disavowing data mining by zip code....more
The CFPB’s leadership ‘brain drain” seems to be continuing, with Politico reporting that Richard Hackett, the Bureau’s Assistant Director for installment and liquidity lending markets, is planning to leave the CFPB later this...more
In this issue: - Senate Commerce Committee Examines “Do Not Track” Status Around the Agencies - FTC to Hold Workshop on the Internet of Things - FTC’s Revised COPPA Rule to Take Effect July 1st - ...more
Woodland Hills Personal Injury Attorney Barry P. Goldberg was recently hired to represent an 18 year old traffic collision victim who was violently rear ended on the freeway---A very serious accident to be sure. During the...more
A critical issue in food production today is the use of genetically modified commodities in food production. Connecticut has recently become the first state to pass GMO labeling legislation, although about half of the states...more
In This Issue: *EU CUSTOMS POLICY - UCC – provisional agreement *TARIFFS - Update on duty suspensions/tariff quotas - Proposal on suspensions for flat screens - Impact study of EU Suspensions...more
Papa John’s has settled for $16.5 million a class action lawsuit alleging that the pizza chain illegally spammed its customers with text messages. If the settlement is approved by a judge, each class member will receive $50...more
On June 5, the FTC announced that it has added a payment processor as a defendant in an existing suit against a debt relief firm that the FTC alleges operated a credit card interest rate reduction scam....more
Tomorrow, June 18, the House Financial Services Committee will hold a hearing on “CFPB Budget Review.” According to the memo to Committee members from Committee Majority Staff, the hearing “will examine the past and planned...more
In This Issue: Leading the Past Week; Legislative Branch; Executive Branch; and Upcoming Hearings. Excerpt from Leading the Past Week - Once again, the markets and Congress came together to offer an...more
Have you been wondering whether the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) is focusing its enforcement efforts on the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (“RESPA” or “Act”)? After the public announcement of two...more
On June 6, the CFPB released a notice and request for comment on its plan to conduct a new survey related to its ongoing study of arbitration agreements....more
In this issue: - Venable’s Jeff Knowles to Receive ERA Lifetime Achievement Award - The Best Things in Life Are Free – Just Pay Separate Shipping and Handling - CARU Says “Watch Those Kids,” at Least in...more
The CFPB recently filed an enforcement complaint and stipulated judgment against a Florida-based debt services company, which represents the first of its kind alleging that the company is liable under Dodd Frank and the...more
On June 4, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman (AG) announced a lawsuit against a major financial institution for allegedly violating state law by failing to timely file in foreclosure cases “requests for judicial...more
On June 4, the CFPB released new TILA and ECOA examination procedures, which were updated to incorporate certain of the CFPB mortgage rules finalized in January 2013 that address appraisals, escrow accounts, and mortgage loan...more
In this presentation: - Tax-Exemption Challenges - Bankruptcy Counseling Challenges - Consumer Protection Statutes - Excerpt from Presentation: How did we get here? - Federal and...more
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