The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) has released a revised version of its Unfair or Deceptive Acts or Practices and Unfair, Deceptive, or Abusive Acts or Practices (UDAP/UDAAP) handbook. The updated handbook,...more
On April 3, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB” or “Bureau”) published a broad and wide-ranging Policy Statement on Abusiveness (“Policy Statement”) meant to assist “government enforcers” in identifying and...more
Both the departure of Richard Cordray at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and the Trump Administration’s priority to ease regulatory burden spurred speculation that the states would fill the void as the...more
Since coming into office in January of this year, Pennsylvania Attorney General ("AG" or "General") Josh Shapiro has wasted no time in rebuilding an office that had been riddled with scandal and inefficiencies. One top...more
On Friday, August 25, 2017, a Federal District Court in the Northern District of Georgia took the extraordinary step of dismissing an enforcement action brought by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ("CFPB" or "Bureau")...more
A federal district court judge for the District of North Dakota has granted a payment processor's motion to dismiss an enforcement action brought by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau). This is one of a...more
In response to a recent consent order against a depository institution and several other examinations of major banks, five federal financial regulators have issued an inter-agency guidance ensuring that depository...more
Yesterday's Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's (CFPB) Consent Order against Dwolla, Inc., a company that operates an online payment system, is yet more evidence of the murky world of Unfair, Deceptive, or Abusive Acts or...more