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Point-of-Sale Finance Series: The New Regulatory Reality for Small Business Financing and Trade Credit — The Consumer Finance Podcast
Payments Year in Review 2025: Federal and State Developments – Part 2 – Payments Pros – The Payments Law Podcast
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The Compliance 911 Show
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New Jersey's Big Bet on Disparate Impact: What the AG's New Rules Mean for Lenders and AI — Regulatory Oversight Podcast
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State AGs in the Driver’s Seat: Auto Finance Enforcement in the Trump 2.0 Era — Moving the Metal: The Auto Finance Podcast
On February 20, 2026, the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS), finalized rules (the Rule) for implementation of the Texas law that requires the following warning label on food products containing any of 44 listed...more
On February 24, 2026, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ Life Insurance and Annuities Illustrations Working Group made its debut appearance. As a prelude, Ben Slutsker, director of life actuarial valuation...more
Australia’s mandatory security standards for consumer smart devices commenced this week on 4 March 2026, introducing three baseline cyber requirements for consumer‑grade products that can directly or indirectly connect to the...more
Last week, Oregon’s legislature passed a chatbot bill, Utah’s legislature passed a provenance bill, Washington’s legislature is on the cusp of passing both a chatbot and provenance bill, and Arizona’s Senate passed a...more
If the first few months of 2026 are any indication, food policy is not easing into the year—it's accelerating. Federal regulators are advancing substances generally recognized as safe (GRAS) reform, post-market chemical...more
The California Privacy Protection Agency (CalPrivacy) adopted a Stipulated Final Order (the Order) against 2080 Media Inc., d/b/a PlayOn Sports, on February 27, 2026, addressing allegations that the digital ticketing platform...more
In the span of just a couple days, the California Privacy Protection Agency (CalPrivacy) announced two significant privacy enforcement actions, highlighting the increasing scrutiny on companies’ handling of personal data....more
Omaha Steaks is in a bunch of trouble right now following alleged wrong number text messages sent to promote its tasty beef offerings. Specifically the Plaintiff in the new suit alleges receipt of unsolicited text messages...more
Consumer litigation activity continues at elevated levels as 2026 begins, despite mixed monthly results across the major consumer protection statutes tracked by WebRecon. While filings under the Fair Credit Reporting Act...more
New York is moving to establish a dedicated licensing and consumer-protection regime for Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) products. The New York legislature enacted the Buy Now Pay Later Act (Article 14-B of the New York Banking...more
The ink is barely dry on Supreme Court decision invalidating tariffs under President Trump’s 2025 executive orders, and a class action lawsuit for failure to pass those tariff refunds on to consumers has already been filed. ...more
Here are curated AG and federal regulatory news stories highlighting key areas in which state and federal regulators’ decisions are having an impact across the US: • Runoffs Set for Both Parties in Texas AG Primaries - •...more
On March 2, the U.S. Supreme Court denied a petition for a writ of certiorari in a case challenging a 9th Circuit ruling that upheld a $134 million restitution award to the CFPB. ...more
The New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (“DCWP”) has finalized the Stopping Harassment and Intimidation and Ensuring Lawful Debt Collection Rule (the “SHIELD Rule”), introducing significant new...more
Welcome to Goodwin’s Financial Services News Roundup. Our newsletter highlights important legal, regulatory, and business developments related to financial services and banking....more
On February 10, the Connecticut Department of Banking ordered a collection agency and two control persons to cease and desist from multiple alleged violations of state consumer collection laws and regulations. The action...more
Common video game monetization models, like loot boxes and engagement-driven design patterns, face rising legal risk and are being reexamined under gambling, consumer protection, and children’s privacy laws....more
On February 20, the state of Washington’s Department of Financial Institutions (DFI) issued a consent order against a licensed mortgage lender for violating the Consumer Loan Act and related regulations. The order imposed a...more
On February 26, the New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) announced it has adopted, effective September 1, a rule expanding compliance obligations for third-party collectors, debt buyers, and...more
Review and objectives We reviewed a sample of credit card FOS decisions, upheld in the customers favour and upheld in the providers favour. The purpose of the analysis was to: understand weighting of customer evidence versus...more
On February 25, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit affirmed a district court’s summary judgment in favor of a Texas pest-control company, holding that the plaintiff had provided prior express consent for...more
On February 26, Iowa’s attorney general announced that her office filed a petition in the Iowa District Court for Polk County, alleging that an automaker and a subsidiary telematics service provider violated the Iowa Consumer...more
The 2026 state attorneys general (AG) election cycle is underway, with the Texas primary earlier this week. And with 30 AG offices up for grabs this year, expect the results to shape the legal and policy landscape for years...more
On February 26, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana granted a motion to compel arbitration and stayed proceedings in a case brought by a retired professional alleging deceptive sales practices,...more
On January 26, 2026, the U.S. Supreme Court granted certiorari in Salazar v. Paramount Global (d/b/a 247Sports), a case that squarely presents a question driving a substantial share of modern Video Privacy Protection Act...more
