The CFPB is now ready to directly regulate the purveyors of digital consumer marketing. The CFPB new rule clarifies when digital marketers and financial products sellers are subject to consumer protection regulations. Digital...more
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on June 29 that the Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) cannot constitutionally be subject to removal only for cause, as provided by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and...more
The past year saw the lower courts wrestle with the aftermath of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Bank of America Corp. v. City of Miami that, like the Court’s previous ruling in Texas Department of Community Affairs v....more
6/18/2019
/ Bank of America v Miami ,
Banks ,
Burden of Proof ,
Causation ,
Discovery ,
Disparate Impact ,
Disparate Treatment ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Expert Testimony ,
Fair Housing Act (FHA) ,
Fair Lending ,
Fannie Mae ,
Foreclosure ,
HUD ,
Mortgage Lenders ,
Motion to Dismiss ,
Municipalities ,
Pleading Standards ,
Property Tax ,
Property Valuation ,
Proximate Cause ,
Public Comment ,
Remand ,
Texas Dept of Housing v Inclusive Communities
In Consumer Financial Protection Bureau v. Seila Law LLC, 2019 WL 1985350 (9th Cir. May 6, 2019), the Ninth Circuit followed the earlier decision of the D.C. Circuit in PHH Corp. v. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, 881...more
Two significant decisions on the issue of standing to sue were handed down by the Illinois courts on January 25, 2019. Both of them offer significant assistance to the plaintiff’s class action bar by easing the requirements...more
2/19/2019
/ Actual Injuries ,
Amusement Parks ,
Biometric Information ,
Biometric Information Privacy Act ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Fingerprints ,
IL Supreme Court ,
Injunctive Relief ,
Liquidated Damages ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Written Consent