On April 14, 2016, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (“FHFA”) announced the launch of a principal reduction program for first-lien mortgages that are owned or guaranteed by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. According to the...more
On Thursday, February 25, 2016, the CFPB held a Consumer Advisory Board meeting in which it outlined its forward-looking supervision and enforcement priorities. After the Board meeting, the CFPB published a summary of these...more
On January 15, 2016, the CFPB filed a brief opposing a motion to dismiss in the Matter of Integrity Advance, LLC (“Integrity”) asserting that there is no time bar for certain CFPB actions under its UDAAP authority. The...more
On September 30, 2015, the CFPB ordered an indirect auto lending company and its auto lending subsidiary to pay $48.3 million in fines for alleged FDCPA, TILA, and UDAAP violations. The CFPB alleges that the companies...more
10/5/2015
/ Automotive Loans ,
Borrowers ,
Consent Order ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Debt Collection ,
Enforcement Actions ,
FDCPA ,
Misrepresentation ,
Non-Bank Lenders ,
Prior Express Consent ,
Repossess ,
Third-Party ,
Truth in Lending Act (TILA) ,
UDAAP
On August 5, the CFPB released a 90-page report summarizing the results of its eClosing pilot program, a research initiative launched in April 2014 to explore whether electronic closing processes offer measurable benefits to...more
After months of playing hard-to-get with industry advocates, the CFPB’s Director Richard Cordray put out a statement that the CFPB is proposing to delay the effective date of the TILA-RESPA Integrated Disclosure (TRID) by two...more
Over the past couple of weeks, the CFPB has kept itself busy in the mortgage origination enforcement arena. In one complaint, the CFPB ordered a residential mortgage lender and its CEO to each pay a $1 million civil penalty...more
6/10/2015
/ Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
ECOA ,
Enforcement ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Fair Housing Act (FHA) ,
Interest Rates ,
Loan Originator Compensation Rule ,
Mortgage Lenders ,
Mortgage Loan Originators ,
Mortgages
In a decision published on March 9, 2015, the Supreme Court ended the D.C. Circuit Court’s Paralyzed Veterans doctrine, which required administrative agencies to utilize the Administrative Procedure Act’s (APA)...more
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
2/20/2015
/ Advertising ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Enforcement ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Kickbacks ,
Limited Liability Company (LLC) ,
Referral Fees ,
RESPA ,
Section 8 ,
UDAAP ,
Unfair or Deceptive Trade Practices ,
Veterans
On January 27, 2015, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) issued a Compliance Bulletin 2015-1 (the “Bulletin”) reminding supervised financial institutions about regulatory requirements surrounding Confidential...more
On December 11, 2014, the CFPB filed two actions against debt relief companies. Complaint for Permanent Injunction and Other Relief, Consumer Fin. Prot. Bureau v. IrvineWebWorks, Inc., No. 8:14-cv-1967 (C.D. Cal. Dec. 11,...more
In a recent Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (“RESPA”) enforcement action, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) negotiated a consent order with Lighthouse Title, Inc. (“Lighthouse”) for alleged violations of...more
On November 15, 2013, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) released a report it had previously delivered to the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation (“Committee”) that focuses on...more