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Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Subpoenas

The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act is a United States federal statute signed into law on July 21, 2010. The Act was passed in response to the Great Recession of the late 2000s and... more +
The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act is a United States federal statute signed into law on July 21, 2010. The Act was passed in response to the Great Recession of the late 2000s and includes broad reforms related to many aspects of the financial and banking industry. Notable sections of the Act include stricter regulations of the derivatives market, as well as the Volcker Rule, which restricts the trading practices of FDIC-insured institutions.    less -
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Using FCRA’s Expansiveness as a Shield: CFPB Gets Pushback on FCRA Subpoena

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The expansiveness of FCRA has long been used by plaintiffs as a sword against consumer reporting agencies, furnishers of consumer information, and users of consumer information. Here, a company successfully used FCRA as a...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Court Enforces CFPB Civil Investigative Demand Against Tribal Lending Entity; Rejects Argument that Tribal Sovereignty Precludes...

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On January 20, 2017, in CFPB v. Great Plains Lending, a three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s civil investigative demands for documents from lending...more

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Are Public Companies Required to Disclose that the Government is Investigating Them?

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For many public companies, the first issue they have to confront after they receive a government subpoena or Civil Investigative Demand (“CID”) is whether to disclose publicly that they are under investigation. Curiously, the...more

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Civil Investigative Demands, Subpoenas and More: How to Prepare for the Government's Renewed Focus on Financial Services

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The U.S. government continues to ramp up investigations and enforcement actions against banks, mortgage companies and other financial services companies, including using tools such as the False Claims Act and its power to...more

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