Election & Politics Law, Civil Procedure, Consumer Protection

California Governor Proposes Reforms to Proposition 65, Seeks To Prevent Abuse of Statute by "Unscrupulous Lawyers"

by Nancy Sher Cohen, Shawn Ledingham, Jr, Gail Port | Proskauer Rose LLP on 5/14/2013

California Governor Edmund Brown has added his voice to a number of California legislators calling for an overhaul of the state's Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986 – better known as Proposition 65 (the...more

Reforming Proposition 65: Governor’s “Update” Is a Promising Start

by Michèle Corash, Robert Falk, Michael Steel | Morrison & Foerster LLP on 5/9/2013

Yesterday, Governor Jerry Brown’s office announced his intention to propose “updates” to Proposition 65 (Health & Safety Code section 25249.5 et seq.) supposedly designed to make the law less susceptible to the widespread...more

House Committee Refuses To Allow CFPB Director To Appear

by BuckleySandler LLP on 5/3/2013

On April 22, House Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) sent letters to CFPB Director Richard Cordray and CFPB General Counsel Meredith Fuchs stating that the House Financial Services Committee cannot...more

DOJ fights back on recess appointments in Third Circuit

by Keith R. Fisher | Ballard Spahr LLP on 3/6/2013

Recently the Department of Justice filed a letter brief in a case pending in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in the hopes of dissuading that court from following the D.C. Circuit’s recent Recess Appointments...more

CFPB files another motion to dismiss in D.C. case challenging Cordray appointment

by Barbara S. Mishkin | Ballard Spahr LLP on 3/5/2013

Because it includes a challenge to Director Cordray’s appointment, we continue to follow the case filed this past June in federal court in Washington, D.C. by State National Bank of Big Spring against the CFPB, the Department...more

Defendants In CFPB Enforcement Action Renew Challenge To Validity Of Director’s Appointment

by BuckleySandler LLP on 2/25/2013

On February 11, a law firm and related parties sued by the CFPB for allegedly deceiving consumers through a network of mortgage loan modification businesses filed a brief in which they renewed a challenge to the CFPB...more

Update on CA case challenging Mr. Cordray’s appointment

by Alan S. Kaplinsky | Ballard Spahr LLP on 2/15/2013

We have been following the case filed this past summer by the CFPB in a California federal court against an attorney and his law firm that offered mortgage assistance relief services to consumers. In CFPB v. Chance Edward...more

President Obama Re-nominates Richard Cordray For CFPB Director, Nominates Mary Jo White For SEC Chair

by BuckleySandler LLP on 2/4/2013

On January 24, President Obama announced his re-nomination of current CFPB Director Richard Cordray. Mr. Cordray has led the Bureau since January 2012 when President Obama used his recess appointment authority to install the...more

Legislation to fix CFPB privilege waiver problem passes Congress

by Barbara S. Mishkin | Ballard Spahr LLP on 12/14/2012

The U.S. Senate, by unanimous consent, has passed a bill previously approved by the House of Representatives (H.R. 4014) that amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to provide protection against waiver of the...more

Special Alert: Congress Passes Bill Extending Privilege Waiver Protections To CFPB

by BuckleySandler LLP on 12/13/2012

Yesterday, the Senate passed H.R. 4014, an important bill that clarifies that privileged materials produced to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) retain their privileged character as to third parties. Because the...more

The AFSA proposal on privilege protection: needed fix or political roadblock?

by Ballard Spahr LLP on 5/22/2012

Last week, the American Banker reported that while the legislative “fix” to the CFPB privilege waiver problem is stalled in the Senate, an alternative version of the legislation is being circulated in Congress. This...more

Experts Predict Passage of the Foreign Manufacturers Legal Accountability Act of 2010: What Does This Law Mean to U.S. Importers...

by Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP on 7/23/2010

One of the more controversial bills brewing in Congress is the Foreign Manufacturers Legal Accountability Act of 2010. Although a variation of this bill was introduced in the Senate Finance Committee last year, it received...more

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