Point-of-Sale Finance Series: Evolving Collection Rules Impacting Creditors — Payments Pros – The Payments Law Podcast
Point-of-Sale Finance Series: Getting E-SIGN and UETA Right in Electronic Contracting — The Consumer Finance Podcast
Charting a Course for Collections: Diagnosing Compliance and Privacy Risks in Medical Debt — The Consumer Finance Podcast
Price Tags and Pitfalls: Inside the FTC–Maryland Dealer Smackdown — Moving the Metal: The Auto Finance Podcast
Bankruptcy 101 for Consumer Creditors: Automatic Stays, Discharge Injunctions, and Common Pitfalls — The Consumer Finance Podcast
Point-of-Sale Finance Series: Fair Lending Risks at the Checkout Counter — Payments Pros – The Payments Law Podcast
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Auto Finance Year in Review, Part 2: Security Clearances, Supervisory Lines, and Connected Cars — Moving the Metal: The Auto Finance Podcast
Point-of-Sale Finance Series: Fair Lending Risks at the Checkout Counter — The Consumer Finance Podcast
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Before You Front the Funds: Benefits and Pitfalls of Earned Wage Access Tools — Payments Pros – The Payments Law Podcast
Taking It to the Bank: Why Fintechs Are Racing for Bank Charters — The Consumer Finance Podcast
Warning Letters and Warren Letters: What the Auto Finance Industry Needs to Know — Moving the Metal: The Auto Finance Podcast
Before You Front the Funds: Benefits and Pitfalls of Earned Wage Access Tools — Hiring to Firing Podcast
TCPA Risk Reloaded: Why DNC and Consent Issues Are Fueling the Next Wave of Litigation — The Consumer Finance Podcast
Important CRA Lesson from OCC proposal for all Intermediate-Small and Large Banks
Year in Review and Look Ahead: Servicing and Collections in Flux – How States, Reg F, and Coerced Debt Laws Are Rewriting the Playbook — The Consumer Finance Podcast
Beyond the Buzzwords: Building Bank-Fintech Partnerships That Survive Exams — Payments Pros – The Payments Law Podcast
Auto Finance Year in Review, Part 1: From FTC CARS Rule Collapse to a State-Led Patchwork — Moving the Metal: The Auto Finance Podcast
Join us as we offer a sneak peek into select chapters from the newly released 14th edition of Venable’s Advertising Law Tool Kit, which helps marketing teams navigate their organization’s legal risk. ...more
The UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has issued its first ever financial penalty under its new direct consumer enforcement powers. The decision signals the start of a new and more aggressive era of consumer...more
Spring has arrived, and privacy laws are sprouting alongside the crocuses. Oklahoma and Alabama became the 20th and 21st states to enact comprehensive consumer privacy laws in March and April. ...more
On May 5, Craig Trainor, Assistant Secretary for the Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity (FHEO) at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), used the American Bankers Association’s Risk and...more
To help you stay on top of the latest news, our AI practice group has compiled a roundup of the developments we are following....more
Colorado lawmakers are moving to repeal the state’s first-in-the-nation AI antidiscrimination law and replace the mandatory bias audit and risk impact assessment requirements with a streamlined transparency-and-notice...more
The rapid expansion of legalized sports betting across the United States has triggered a debate among regulators: should consumers be allowed to sports wager using borrowed money?...more
On April 17, the Nevada attorney general announced an assurance of discontinuance (AOD) with a real estate company and several affiliated entities to resolve allegations that their marketing practices and services offered to...more
The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”), in its ongoing efforts to refine its approach to data privacy enforcement, convened a workshop earlier this year titled “Measuring Injuries and Benefits in the Data-Driven Economy,” a...more
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) finalized its long‑awaited rule implementing Section 1071 of the Dodd‑Frank Act, a rulemaking designed to address funding gaps facing women-owned, minority-owned and small...more
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will soon propose softening limits on per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in drinking water, delaying but retaining tough standards for two common PFAS (PFOA and PFOS) and...more
State legislatures continue to move aggressively on artificial intelligence regulation in 2026, with Colorado, Connecticut, and California each advancing significant and distinct AI governance frameworks....more
On April 28, the Maryland governor signed into law SB 94, which revises the state’s earned wage access framework effective October 1. The law prohibits consumer and commercial lenders and earned wage access providers from...more
On April 22, 2026, House Republicans introduced H.R. 8413, the Securing and Establishing Consumer Uniform Rights and Enforcement over Data Act — the "SECURE Data Act" — (the “Act”) marking the most significant attempt at...more
STATE & LOCAL LAWS & REGULATIONS - CalPrivacy Seeks Preliminary Comments on Privacy Notices, Employee Data, and Data Broker Audits: The California Privacy Protection Agency (“CalPrivacy”) has issued two invitations for...more
On May 5, Fed Vice Chair for Supervision Michelle Bowman delivered remarks on the growing risks of consumer fraud, framing fraud as a threat not only to individual households but to the integrity of the broader financial...more
In a decision issued May 5, 2026, a Second Circuit Court of Appeals panel in Cantero v. Bank of America, N.A., August Term 2024, Nos. 21-400, 22-403, once again held that New York’s General Obligations Law § 5-601, which...more
On May 1, the New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) published a notice of public hearing and a proposed rule to amend the penalty schedule for debt collectors. The proposed amendments would update...more
On May 7, 2026, Ohio Attorney General (AG) Dave Yost announced his resignation after having served in the role since 2019. Yost’s resignation is effective at midnight on June 7, 2026. Yost is vacating his position to join...more
On April 13, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York granted summary judgment in favor of the defendant and dismissed a plaintiff’s claims alleging negligent and willful violations of the FCRA’s §...more
On April 8, Virginia enacted the Uniform Consumer Debt Default Judgments Act (H 444), which, effective July 1, 2027, establishes new pleading and disclosure requirements on plaintiffs seeking default judgments in consumer...more
On April 13, Virginia enacted Chapter 638 (S 301), amending the state’s garnishment statutes to establish new account-balance protections and automatic exemptions for certain benefit payments. The law requires financial...more
On May 1, 2026, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB” or “Bureau”) issued its final rule substantially revising subpart B of Regulation B, which implements section 1071 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and...more
California companies may have less time than they think to prepare for privacy audits. The California Privacy Protection Agency’s (CPPA) new Audits Division, created in February 2026, is expected to begin assessing companies’...more
Fashion, beauty, and wearable technology brands are heading into 2026 with a lot more to think about concerning data privacy. What used to feel like a back-end legal issue is now shaping how companies design products,...more
