Why the Consumer Reporting System Is So Important — The Consumer Finance Podcast
JONES DAY TALKS®: Why Clients Need a Global Class Actions Defence Team
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
Point-of-Sale Finance Series: Evolving Collection Rules Impacting Creditors — The Consumer Finance Podcast
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
Podcast - The FTC and Consumer Online Transactions
No Password Required: Project Manager at Rapid7 and Queen of Cyber Media
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
Since January 1, 2008, California law has required retailers to redeem remaining gift card balances of less than $10 for cash when a consumer requests it. This threshold recently changed....more
What Happened? On May 12, 2026, California Governor Gavin Newsom announced the appointment of former Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) Director Rohit Chopra as Secretary of the newly created California Business...more
The latest edition of the Fintech Case Files, our roundup of key litigation and enforcement involving the payments and fintech industries, features the latest challenges and uncertainty around Illinois’s Interchange Fee...more
Beginning January 1, 2027, Washington State’s organohalogen flame retardant (OFR) restriction will also cover certain electric and electronic products with plastic external enclosures manufactured, distributed or sold by...more
Organizations should prioritize compliance efforts in light of mounting regulatory scrutiny and potential fines....more
When the Colorado General Assembly gaveled out its 2026 session on May 13, Colorado House Bill 26-1236 was one of the more consequential measures to clear both chambers. Branded simply as “arbitration reform,” it reshapes how...more
On May 12, California Governor Gavin Newsom announced the appointment of former CFPB Director Rohit Chopra as Secretary of California’s newly created Business and Consumer Services Agency (BCSA), which is scheduled to launch...more
On May 4, 2026, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) announced a proposed settlement resolving its long-running litigation against Idaho-based data broker Kochava Inc. (“Kochava”) and its subsidiary, Collective Data...more
On April 28, Maryland enacted SB 94, which revises the state’s earned wage access (EWA) framework and amends tipping provisions under Maryland’s Consumer Loan Law and Secondary Mortgage Loan Law. The law prohibits lenders and...more
On May 5, 2026, the Massachusetts Division of Banks announced a settlement resolving allegations that a fintech company engaged in third-party loan servicing activity in Massachusetts without the registration required under...more
In a January 2025 nationwide class-action suit, consumer plaintiffs alleged a leading smartwatch maker was using perfluorohexanoic acid (PFHxA) in its fluoroelastomer sports band products for its smartwatches and that it did...more
Since its enactment in 2008, Illinois’s Biometric Information Privacy Act (“BIPA”) has been recognized as a pioneering law in biometric privacy, imposing strict requirements on private entities that collect or use biometric...more
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is poised to begin enforcement of the TAKE IT DOWN Act (the “Act”), the first comprehensive federal enforcement scheme to address nonconsensual intimate imagery ("NCII") appearing on online...more
The Federal Trade Commission's ("FTC") 2024 Click-to-Cancel Rule ("the Rule"), which required subscription services to disclose clearly material terms, obtain express informed consent, and provide simple cancellation methods,...more
Joe Sciarrotta, Chief Deputy Attorney General, and Amber Smith, Deputy Attorney General for the Public Protection Division, recently joined a Kelley Drye webinar to discuss consumer protection enforcement in Kansas and the...more
The Justice Department just secured what appears to be the largest DEI-related resolution of the second Trump administration so far – a settlement worth $30 million. The DOJ announced on May 12 that PayPal had agreed to...more
Welcome to the first installment of our “Scam Likely” series where we blow the lid off recent scams, frauds, and other financial crimes. People in the U.S. are losing an estimated $119 billion to scams every year. On top of...more
In a sweet win for food-and-beverage defendants, the Eastern District of California dismissed, with prejudice, a putative class action challenging the labeling of Carnation Breakfast Essentials Nutritional Drink products in...more
Kansas Governor Laura Kelly signed House Bill 2591 (“HB 2591” or the “Bill”) into law on April 9, 2026, enacting two significant consumer protection measures: the Virtual Currency Kiosk Consumer Protection Act and a new...more
Q: You joined AGG after leading the Rhode Island Attorney General’s (“RIAG”) Consumer Protection and Antitrust unit. What value does that experience bring to your clients facing government investigations? A: Serving as a unit...more
When the Federal Trade Commission published the final Rule on the Use of Consumer Reviews and Testimonials (the “Rule”) in late 2024, I waited with bated breath for the other shoe to drop; this felt like the dawning of a new...more
Described by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as “another wave of the opioid epidemic,” a rapidly expanding surge of wrongful death and product liability lawsuits is targeting manufacturers, distributors, and retailers...more
California AG Rob Bonta, with several California district attorneys and investigative support from the California Privacy Protection Agency, reached a $12.75 million settlement with General Motors and OnStar resolving...more
A new law will replace the Colorado AI Act’s demanding governance mandates with a narrower, more business-friendly regime focused on consumer notice, human review, and clearer liability boundaries....more
On May 9, 2026, the Colorado General Assembly passed Senate Bill 26-189 (the "Bill"), which repeals and reenacts the previously passes SB 24-25 (Colorado's “AI Act") with comprehensive new requirements governing the use of...more
