Election & Politics Law – May 23, 2012

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

by Ballard Spahr LLP on 5/11/2012

On the heels of Director Cordray’s remarks about the CFPB’s focus on debt collection Deputy Director Raj Date spoke to mortgage industry members at MBA’s National Secondary Market Conference in New York City on May 7, 2012...more

by BuckleySandler LLP on 5/8/2012

On May 2, Republican members of the House Financial Services Committee sent a letter to CPFB Director Cordray following up on their initial request and the CFPB’s response, seeking additional details regarding the CFPB’s...more

by Ballard Spahr LLP on 5/1/2012

Recently a government watchdog organization known as Judicial Watch obtained, via a Freedom of Information Act request, a large number of documents about Richard Cordray, President Obama’s choice as Director of the CFPB....more

by Wendel, Rosen, Black & Dean LLP on 4/12/2012

In Episode 54 of The Wendel Forum (originally aired on March 17, 2012, on 960 KNEW AM radio), show host Dick Lyons continues his conversations with attendees of Natural Products Expo West 2012 in Anaheim. The show sees...more

by Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 3/8/2012

The White House Report. On February 23, 2012, the White House released a report entitled Consumer Data Privacy in a Networked World: A Framework for Protecting Privacy and Promoting Innovation in the Global Digital Economy,...more

by Loeb & Loeb LLP on 2/24/2012

Today the White House released its long-awaited Privacy Report in which it unveiled a Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights intended to provide consumers with greater online privacy protection, and establish a blueprint...more

by Patton Boggs LLP on 2/6/2012

Last week, the Senate held its first hearing on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) following President Obama’s controversial recess appointment of former Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray to lead...more