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CFPB Cracks Down on Mortgage Servicers, Alleging Harmful Practices Against Older Homeowners

On June 18, the CFPB settled enforcement actions against two mortgage servicers who serviced reverse mortgages on behalf of HUD, for their systemic failure to respond to consumer requests for assistance, resulting in...more

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Pay-to-Play in the CFPB’s Cross-Hairs: Digital Mortgage Comparison-Shopping Platforms under RESPA Scrutiny

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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ended a more than decade-long hiatus since the last formal guidance regarding Section 8 of the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA) on February 7, 2023, by issuing its...more

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Chopra Confirmed as CFPB Director

By a narrow 50-48 vote along party lines, Rohit Chopra was confirmed yesterday by the U.S. Senate to become the Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Chopra previously served as the Bureau’s assistant...more

Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP

Nutter Bank Report, January 2019

New Data Breach Law Requires Free Credit Monitoring for Massachusetts Consumers - Recent amendments to the Massachusetts data security breach law will require any person – including, in relevant part, any bank or any bank...more

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RESPA and UDAAP Enforcement Following The PHH Decision: What To Expect

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As anyone who is associated with the residential real estate settlement services industry can appreciate, resolution of the PHH case by the full bench of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals has brought much-needed clarity and...more

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CFPB Bulletin on Marketing Services Agreements: Not Per Se Unlawful, But . . . .

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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) on October 8, 2015 issued Compliance Bulletin 2015-05, RESPA Compliance and Marketing Services Agreements (Bulletin). The Bulletin represents another significant signpost along...more

MoFo Reenforcement

CFPB Watch: MSAs Going the Way of Arbitration Clauses?

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Following a now familiar approach, the CFPB issued a bulletin today that suggests deep disapproval of an entirely legal practice. This time, its target is marketing servicing agreements (MSAs), which are agreements that...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

The CFPB and the Business of Insurance: An Analysis of the Scope of CFPB’s Authority Over Insurance Sales

In 2014, the Bureau of Consumer financial Protection (CFPB) issued an enforcement order against a bank and its service provider for allegedly misleading sales of insurance. That order was based on the CFPB’s power to prohibit...more

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CFPB Issues First Appellate Ruling

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In affirming its own decision, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) leaves few protections for targets in its administrative enforcement proceedings. If you are subject to a CFPB administrative proceeding, or...more

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CFPB Remains Noncommittal Regarding Restrained Enforcement Period for TILA/RESPA Integrated Disclosures Rule

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The TILA/RESPA integrated disclosures (TRID) rule issued by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act takes effect on August 1, 2015. ...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Bad Day for NewDay: CFPB Section 8 Enforcement Continues

On February 10, 2015, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) added another company to its litany of alleged Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (“RESPA”) Section 8 offenders (Michigan Title, PHH Corporation, New...more

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Dodd-Frank News: October 2014: Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act Update

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In This Issue: - RECENT CASES .. Mortgage Servicing Rules .. Antiretaliation Provision ..Credit Default Swaps Antitrust Litigation ..CFPB Involvement in Litigation - IN THE...more

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Individual Liability in CFPB Enforcement Proceedings

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To date, the CFPB has brought 12 cases—out of more than three dozen total CFPB enforcement cases—in which it named individuals as defendants or respondents liable for violations of consumer protection statutes. Below, we...more

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The CFPB Targets Mortgage Reinsurance Yet Again

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau filed an administrative enforcement action against PHH Corporation, alleging a nearly 15-year “mortgage insurance kickback scheme” by its mortgage origination and reinsurance...more

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Keep Your Eye On the Ball: Begin 2014 With a Renewed Effort at Compliance

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While most of the financial world has been focused on the new CFPB mortgage rules that went into effect on January 10, the Bureau has continued its enforcement activities in other areas. On January 16, 2013, the CFPB...more

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