International Law & Trade, Consumer Protection

Poland - Cookies Served on a Tray. New Regulations on the Use of Cookie Files

by Oskar Tulodziecki, Marta Wysokinska | K&L Gates LLP on 5/22/2013

Regulations in Poland relating to entities providing services electronically (meaning practically all entities running Internet websites) have been amended. These changes derive from the new provisions of the EU law, in...more

Client Alert: SEC Publishes Cross-Border Release and Reopens Comment Period for Dodd-Frank Rules

by Mara Giorgio, Micah Green, Matthew Kulkin | Patton Boggs LLP on 5/20/2013

On May 1, 2013, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC or Commission) held an open meeting to consider: - Whether to propose new rules and interpretive guidance for cross-border security-based swap (SBS)...more

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Releases Final Rule on International Remittance Transfers

by Jeffrey M. Werthan | Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP on 5/16/2013

On April 30, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued its final rule amending subpart B of Regulation E, which implements the Electronic Fund Transfer Act, and the official interpretation to the regulation. This...more

CFPB Issues Revised Remittance Transfer Rule

by BuckleySandler LLP on 5/13/2013

On April 30, the CFPB issued a revised final rule to amend regulations applicable to consumer remittance transfers of over fifteen dollars originating in the United States and sent internationally. ...more

CFPB Finalizes Revisions to Remittances Rule, Sets October 28 Effective Date

by Alan S. Kaplinsky, Jeremy T. Rosenblum, Mercedes Kelley Tunstall | Ballard Spahr LLP on 5/8/2013

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has finalized revisions to its remittance transfers rule and set October 28, 2013, as the rule’s new effective date. While not entirely eliminating the requirement for remittance...more

CFPB Modifies Foreign Remittance Rules And Sets New Effective Date

by Joseph D. Simon | Cullen and Dykman LLP on 5/6/2013

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) has revised its previously issued rules on foreign remittance transfers to ease some of the disclosure concerns raised by financial institutions. The revised rules, which are...more

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Begins Accepting Consumers’ Money Transfer Complaints

by Heather Coldwell | Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 5/3/2013

Noting that “[i]t’s pretty incredible that you can quickly send money to almost anywhere in the country or abroad,” the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) recently announced it has begun accepting consumer...more

Financial Services Legislative and Regulatory Update -- April 29‚ 2013

by Abby Matousek, Jason M. Rosenstock | Mintz Levin - Public Finance on 5/1/2013

In This Issue: Leading the Past Week; Legislative Branch; and Executive Branch. Excerpt from Leading the Past Week - The past week could be best described by one word. Chaos. In the House, a scheduled...more

CFPB Revises Rule Protecting Consumers Sending Money Internationally

by Stephen M. Quinlivan | Leonard, Street and Deinard - Dodd-Frank and... on 5/1/2013

The CFPB has revised its rule that creates certain protections for consumers who transfer money internationally. The revisions are intended to preserve the new consumer protections provided under the rule while facilitating...more

Orrick's Financial Industry Week in Review - April 29, 2013

by Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 4/29/2013

In This Issue: Financial Industry Developments: CFPB Proposed Clarifications on Qualified Mortgage Rules; SEC Credit Ratings Roundtable; FDIC Proposed Guidance on Deposit Advance Products; Rating Agency Developments; RMBS...more

European Commission Plans to Change Consumer Product Safety Rules

by Alistair Maughan | Morrison & Foerster LLP on 4/26/2013

The European Commission plans to introduce new rules to improve the safety regime applicable to non-food consumer products distributed in the EU. The Commission has put forward a new package of measures to provide more...more

Chinese Ministry of Industry and Information Technology Issues Draft Provisions Governing Protection of Personal Information

by Gabriel Bloch, Paul D. McKenzie, Cynthia J. Rich | Morrison & Foerster LLP on 4/25/2013

As we reported in our client alert on January 23, 2013, the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress issued a Decision on Reinforcing the Protection of Network Information on December 28, 2012. To implement this...more

EU Data Protection Regulation: Looming closer . . .

by Susan Foster | Mintz Levin - Privacy & Security on 4/22/2013

(LONDON) The draft of the new Data Protection Regulation, the first EU privacy law with highly serious teeth in the form of fines based on global turnover, continues to wend its way through various committees of the European...more

RBS to Face FCA Investigation into IT Failures

by Orrick - Structured Finance Group on 4/18/2013

The FCA announced that it will conduct a formal investigation into the IT malfunction at RBS last summer, which left 17 million of its customers unable to access their accounts for up to three weeks. The investigation could...more

Company names can be made public where food is unfit for human consumption but not injurious to health, EU Court rules

by Vanessa Edwards, Terry Eleftheriou, Sebastián Romero Melchor | K&L Gates LLP on 4/17/2013

The Court of Justice of the EU ("CJEU") has recently ruled that EU law allows national authorities to provide the public with information identifying a food business operator ("FBO") whose food is unfit for human consumption...more

European Privacy Regulator Issues Important Opinion on the Use of Apps

by Karin Retzer | Morrison Foerster - Social Media on 4/16/2013

On February 27, 2013, the European Article 29 Working Party (a group comprising representatives from all of the data protection authorities of the EU Member States, referred to in this articles as “WP29”) issued an Opinion on...more

Government Announces New Complaints Regulations for Bank Customers, Oversight by Federal Consumer Agency of Canada

by Kashif Zaman | Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP on 4/15/2013

On April 10, 2013, the Canadian federal government announced the final publication of new regulations that will govern the system for resolving complaints regarding products or services provided by banks and authorized...more

EU Environment Report - March 2013

by Jacquelyn F. MacLennan | White & Case LLP on 4/2/2013

In This Issue: *Chemicals: - European Chemicals Agency consults on ten new substances for REACH candidate list - European Food Safety Authority publishes its 2013 work plan - European Food Safety...more

Buchheit: Cyprus Could Need a Second Bailout [Video]

by Bloomberg Law on 3/28/2013

Mar. 28 (Bloomberg Law) -- The sovereign debt crisis in Cyprus marks the fifth European nation to need a bailout in recent memory, but this crisis is unique because European Union regulators are taking the unprecedented step...more

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Poland - Cookies Served on a Tray. New Regulations on the Use of Cookie Files

Client Alert: SEC Publishes Cross-Border Release and Reopens Comment Period for Dodd-Frank Rules

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Releases Final Rule on International Remittance Transfers

CFPB Issues Revised Remittance Transfer Rule

CFPB Finalizes Revisions to Remittances Rule, Sets October 28 Effective Date

CFPB Modifies Foreign Remittance Rules And Sets New Effective Date

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Begins Accepting Consumers’ Money Transfer Complaints

Financial Services Legislative and Regulatory Update -- April 29‚ 2013

CFPB Revises Rule Protecting Consumers Sending Money Internationally

Orrick's Financial Industry Week in Review - April 29, 2013

European Commission Plans to Change Consumer Product Safety Rules

Chinese Ministry of Industry and Information Technology Issues Draft Provisions Governing Protection of Personal Information

EU Data Protection Regulation: Looming closer . . .

RBS to Face FCA Investigation into IT Failures

Company names can be made public where food is unfit for human consumption but not injurious to health, EU Court rules

European Privacy Regulator Issues Important Opinion on the Use of Apps

Government Announces New Complaints Regulations for Bank Customers, Oversight by Federal Consumer Agency of Canada

EU Environment Report - March 2013

Buchheit: Cyprus Could Need a Second Bailout [Video]

Orrick's Financial Industry Week in Review - March 25, 2013

FinCEN Issues Virtual Currency Guidance

European Regulators Issue Opinion on Mobile Apps

Court Allows Service Via Email and Facebook

New Developments in Data Privacy in China

EU Environment Report - February 2013

Buchheit: Cyprus Could Need a Second Bailout [Video]

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