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Move Over Non-Competes: Why NDAs May Be the Next Antitrust Enforcer Focus

On August 20, a federal judge issued a nationwide injunction blocking the FTC’s proposed non-compete clause rulemaking that had been set to go into effect today. Had it gone into effect (and it may still at some point, as the...more

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CFPB Warns Employee Confidentiality Agreements May Violate Whistleblower Protections

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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) recently issued the Consumer Financial Protection Circular 2024-04 warning financial institutions that broad employee confidentiality agreements may violate the whistleblower...more

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CFPB Bites of the Month - August 2024 - All That's Left of the CFPB's Summer Sky

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In this month's article, we share some of our top "bites" for the prior and current month covered during the August 2024 webinar....more

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Regulators Prowl for Financial Firms That Wield NDAs to ‘Muzzle’ Whistleblowers

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In a note to clients, the law firm Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders said that, while the legislation bars employers from taking actions that “discriminate against” whistleblowers, it’s a leap for the agency to interpret the...more

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CFPB Warns Employee NDAs, Confidentiality Agreements May Violate Whistleblower Laws

On July 24, 2024, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued guidance putting financial regulators and employers on notice that requiring employees to sign broad confidentiality or nondisclosure agreements that...more

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CFPB Warns That Confidentiality Agreements May Violate Employee Whistleblower Protections

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On July 24, 2024, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued a circular explaining that confidentiality or nondisclosure agreements may chill whistleblowing activity and therefore violate the CFPB’s whistleblower...more

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CFPB: Confidentiality Agreements Can’t Deter Whistleblowers from Reporting Alleged Violations

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The CFPB warned on July 24, 2024,  that confidentiality agreements that employees of a company are required to sign likely violate federal law if those agreements imply that employees could face retaliation from their...more

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CFPB Issues Circular, Warning Against Whistleblower Intimidation

On July 24, 2024, the CFPB issued a circular detailing how companies may be breaking the law by requiring employees to sign broad nondisclosure agreements that could deter whistleblowing.  Under Section 1057(a) of the...more

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Holland & Knight Data Privacy and Security Report: November 2023

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Welcome to Holland & Knight's monthly data privacy and security news update that includes the latest in policy, regulatory updates and other significant developments....more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Banking and Consumer Regulatory Digest - October 2023

The following newsletter provides a roundup summarizing enforcement actions, guidance, rulemakings, and other public statements taken by a federal and/or state financial services regulatory agency, specifically focusing on:...more

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CFPB Warns Users of Algorithms, AI, and Machine Learning of Anti-Discrimination Compliance Requirements

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Anti-discrimination law applies to companies with black-box credit models using complex algorithms, according to a circular issued by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) on May 26, 2022. According to the CFPB, the...more

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CFPB Takes Adverse Action Against Machine Learning

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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has been contemplating data, algorithms, and machine learning for years. In 2017, as part of a field hearing on alternative data, the CFPB issued a request for information in...more

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CFPB and Dodd Frank: What FinTechs Need to Know

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The Fintech industry has been experiencing rapid growth in recent years, and it is not surprising that this level of growth generates a lot of attention from regulators. Fair or unfair, Fintech firms have been scrutinized as...more

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Stress Test Scenarios Released for 2022

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In This Issue. The Federal Reserve Board of Governors (Federal Reserve), the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) released stress test scenarios to assess...more

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Congress Needs to Enact an Effective Ethics Agenda

Congress needs to implement an effective ethics agenda.  Important anti-corruption legislation has been sitting in various Senate and House committees awaiting action....more

Cozen O'Connor

Razors Raise Antitrust Worries | $86 Million Mortgage Servicing Settlement | Creative Alleged Tax Avoidance

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2020 AG Elections- Maine AG Aaron Frey was reelected to a second two-year term by a joint convention of the Maine House and Senate. California AG Xavier Becerra was nominated by President-Elect Joe Biden to lead the...more

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Multimillion Charity Scam | Data Privacy Risks Of Fertility App | Lexis Settles Whistleblower Complaint

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Charities- Alleged Scammers Collected Tens of Millions of Dollars for Fake Charities- Minnesota AG Keith Ellison, New Jersey AG Gurbir Grewal, New York AG Letitia James, Virginia AG Mark Herring and the Federal Trade...more

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CFPB announces advisory opinion program, updates responsible business conduct bulletin, proposes whistleblower legislation

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At the end of last week, the CFPB announced that it was taking three steps consisting of implementing an advisory opinion program, updating its responsible business conduct bulletin, and proposing an award program for...more

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New York AG Takes Up Whistleblower’s Allegation That All May Not Be Picture-Perfect With B&H Foto & Electronics

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False Claims Act- New York AG Takes Up Whistleblower’s Allegation that All May Not Be Picture-Perfect with B&H Foto & Electronics- New York AG Letitia James sued photo and video equipment retailer B&H Foto & Electronics...more

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Your Daily Dose of Financial News

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The SEC has taken its first enforcement action against a hedge fund over its cryptocurrency investments—namely, falsely holding itself out as the “first regulated fund in the U.S. focused on crypto assets.” It also targeted a...more

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Your Daily Dose of Financial News

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Anbang Insurance founder Wu Xiahoui’s fall from grace now includes an 18-year prison sentence for his conviction by a Shanghai court for using Anbang to “cheat investors out of more than $10 billion”....more

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Window On Washington - Vol. 2, Issue 8

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FY18 Omnibus. With the past week being a recess period, House and Senate Appropriators made little progress on drafting the Omnibus bill, but Clark Hill is hearing Appropriators have finalized or are close to finalizing...more

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Supreme Court Narrowly Interprets “Whistleblower” under Dodd-Frank, Foreclosing Protections for Those Who Fail to Report Issues to...

The Supreme Court has resolved a circuit split on whether Dodd-Frank’s whistleblower protections apply only to employees who report their concerns to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). On Wednesday, in Digital...more

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CFPB whistleblower alleges falsification of examination documents by CFPB

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A former CFPB examiner has written U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions claiming that CFPB officials falsified examination reports in connection with a CFPB examination of ACE Cash Express that led to the CFPB extracting $10...more

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Now that NAFTA seems to have an at-least-momentary reprieve, let’s take a breath and take a look at the four major industries that would be affected by any big changes in the deal....more

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