BELTWAY -
Straight Out of the Seventh Circuit The Seventh Circuit recently affirmed a lower court’s ruling that the SEC cannot be sued in district court to stop it from bringing an administrative action. Bebo v. SEC, No....more
9/18/2015
/ Administrative Proceedings ,
Anti-Money Laundering ,
Arbitration ,
Bank Secrecy Act ,
Class Action ,
Consent Order ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Debt Collectors ,
Discrimination ,
Disparate Impact ,
Diversity and Inclusion Standards (D&I) ,
Dodd-Frank ,
eClosing Pilot Program ,
Electronic Payment Transactions ,
Facial Recognition Technology ,
Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) ,
Fair Housing Act (FHA) ,
FDCPA ,
FDIC ,
Federal Reserve ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
FFIEC ,
Financial Institutions ,
GAO ,
HUD ,
Information Sharing ,
Military Lending Act ,
Mortgage Insurance ,
Mortgages ,
New Regulations ,
Non-Bank Lenders ,
NYDFS ,
Online Privacy Protection Act ,
Preemption ,
SCOTUS ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA) ,
Student Loans ,
TCPA ,
Texas Dept of Housing v Inclusive Communities ,
TILA-RESPA Integrated Disclosure Rule (TRID) ,
UDAAP ,
Volcker Rule
It’s been open season on financial institutions since the 2008-2009 financial crisis (“Financial Crisis”). State and federal prosecutors and regulators are competing with each other for press coverage of their latest consent...more
7/15/2014
/ Banking Crisis ,
Banking Sector ,
C-Suite Executives ,
Civil Monetary Penalty ,
Consent Order ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Corporate Officers ,
D&O Insurance ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Directors ,
FDIC ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
FinCEN ,
FIRREA ,
Individual Accountability ,
Judge Rakoff ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Liability Insurance ,
Personal Liability
In This Issue:
- Beltway Report
- Bureau Report
- Mobile Payments
- Mortgage and Fair Lending Report
- Operations Report
- Preemption Report
- Privacy Report
- Arbitration Report
- TCPA...more
6/9/2014
/ Banks ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Protection ,
Encryption ,
Fair Lending ,
FDIC ,
FFIEC ,
Financial Regulatory Reform ,
Heartbleed ,
Mobile Payments ,
Mortgages ,
OCC ,
OIG ,
Popular ,
RESPA ,
Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA) ,
TCPA ,
Truth in Lending Act (TILA) ,
Volcker Rule
Five federal regulators, with HUD noticeably absent, issued the first interagency guidance on the much-debated intersection of fair lending enforcement and the Ability-to-Repay and Qualified Mortgage Standards Rule taking...more
Editor’s Note -
This is a dignified law firm newsletter, not like the “Brand X” versions. You won’t find pandering, attention-grabbing stories about Justin Bieber, Kim Kardashian, Ashton Kutcher, Prince William, or...more
3/13/2013
/ Arbitration ,
Barack Obama ,
China ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Credit Reports ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Protection ,
Debt Collection ,
Dodd-Frank ,
Dukes v Wal-Mart ,
Fair Housing Act (FHA) ,
FDCPA ,
FDIA ,
FDIC ,
Federal Reserve ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Foreclosure ,
Mobile Apps ,
Recess Appointments ,
Richard Cordray ,
Social Media ,
Telemarketing
In This Issue:
Bureau Report; Operations Report; Beltway Report; Arbitration Report; Mortgage Report; Privacy Report; Preemption Report; and Plastics Report.
Excerpt from the Bureau Report:
World’s Most...more
12/18/2012
/ American Express ,
Chase Bank ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Cybersecurity ,
Debt Collection ,
Dodd-Frank ,
FDIC ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Google ,
Mobile Apps ,
MySpace ,
Project Catalyst ,
Stress Tests ,
Truth in Lending Act (TILA)