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Turning Point for Digital Assets: 2025 Year in Review and What Comes Next — The Crypto Exchange Podcast
Year in Review and Look Ahead: Fair Lending and UDAAP in the Trump 2.0 Era — Federal Pullback, State Pushback, and What Comes Next — The Consumer Finance Podcast
Year in Review and Look Ahead Announcement — The Consumer Finance Podcast
Bridging the Gap between Cautious Buyers and Eager Sellers
Signs of Life at the CFPB — The Consumer Finance Podcast
California DFPI's Next Target: Credit Reporting Industry — Regulatory Oversight Podcast
Podcast - Where the FTC Stands on AI: Evidence Over Speculation
California DFPI's Next Target: Credit Reporting Industry — FCRA Focus
No Password Required: Social Media Security and Governance Leader and Lover of All Beagles
Point-of-Sale Finance Series: Privacy, Breaches, and Data Monetization — The Consumer Finance Podcast
Podcast - FTC Consumer Review Rule Warning Letters Target a Digital Marketplace Cornerstone
Soaring Repos and Senate Requests: Warren Targets Auto Finance — Moving the Metal: The Auto Finance Podcast
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
5 Key Takeaways | Navigating False Advertising Litigation Challenges, Strategies, & Risk Mitigation
New Jersey's Big Bet on Disparate Impact: What the AG's New Rules Mean for Lenders and AI — Regulatory Oversight Podcast
Companies’ false advertisements and other deceptive business practices can have significant adverse commercial consequences for their competitors. Along with short-term loss of business, misleading claims and outright false...more
Almost three years ago, we warned of class action lawsuits being filed against entities in certain industries, such as health care. Fast forward to today, where companies in a variety of industries, including construction and...more
On February 26, the New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection announced a final rule adopting the Stopping Harassment and Intimidation and Ensuring Lawful Debt (SHIELD) Collection Rule, which significantly...more
The United States District Court for the Western District of Texas recently enjoined Section 9 of Texas Senate Bill 25, the Make Texas Healthy Again Act, on the grounds that 1) the law’s requirement for manufacturers to...more
Last week, the Washington and New York legislatures each passed two bills; chatbot bills advanced in Georgia, Hawaii, and Tennessee; the Hawaii House passed a pricing bill while Colorado and Massachusetts committees advanced...more
On March 5, the Oregon Senate passed House Bill 4116, legislation amending the Oregon Consumer Finance Act to opt out of the federal interest-rate exportation framework under the Depository Institutions Deregulation and...more
Following the release of the Trump Administration’s new National Cyber Strategy, National Cyber Director Sean Cairncross noted in a virtual interview that the administration is considering changes to the existing cyber...more
New York City’s newly finalized Stopping Harassment and Intimidation and Ensuring Lawful Debt (SHIELD) Collection Rule materially tightens debt-collection requirements in the nation’s largest consumer market. ...more
On March 5, the Director of the FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection Christopher Mufarrige delivered remarks outlining several enforcement priorities for the agency’s consumer protection work, including enforcement of the...more
Today, the Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") published in the Federal Register its Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking ("ANPRM") for Unfair or Deceptive Rental Housing Fee Practices....more
On March 5, the CFPB issued a notice in the Federal Register requesting public comment on its proposal to reinstate an information collection under the GLBA’s implementing regulation (Regulation P). The notice sought feedback...more
Directs the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to prioritize enforcement against false or misleading "Made in America" claims and consider regulations requiring online marketplaces to verify country-of-origin representations....more
On February 25, Connecticut AG William Tong released a memorandum explaining how existing Connecticut laws may apply to artificial intelligence systems used in activities such as tenant screening, employment decisions, credit...more
On March 4, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia granted in part and denied in part a motion to dismiss a case alleging violations of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), allowing claims that...more
On March 11, 2026, the FTC issued an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking seeking public comment on whether the agency should amend its Rule Concerning the Use of Prenotification Negative Option Plans under Section 5 of the...more
On March 5, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois denied a fintech provider’s motion to dismiss a proposed class action alleging that its earned wage access (EWA) products violated the Truth in Lending...more
On March 3, a purported data breach victim, acting on behalf of a proposed settlement class, and a Nebraska family-owned bank filed an unopposed motion in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts seeking...more
The past year has seen unprecedented change at the federal level, including the dramatic scaling back of consumer financial services enforcement activity at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)....more
Denial of a motion to dismiss a "cage free" eggs lawsuit, updates on marketing plant-based products with meat- and dairy-related terms in Europe, dismissal of a lawsuit alleging a restaurant's salsa was excessively spicy, and...more
The day after the release of a new Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) on Negative Option Offers, the FTC released another ANPR soliciting information and comments on a prospective Rule on Unfair or Deceptive Rental...more
In 2025, class-action filings against the consumer packaged goods (CPG) industry continued apace, with more than 200 lawsuits filed. Plaintiffs pressed familiar theories with new intensity, regulators advanced several...more
If your company uses an AI-powered tool that remembers customer interactions, asks follow-up questions, and sustains personal conversations — even if you licensed it from a third-party vendor — Oregon's new chatbot safety law...more
Do you operate a website or mobile app that collects personal information directly from children? If so, you should be well aware that the compliance deadline for the FTC’s amended COPPA Rule is fast approaching. The...more
On 23 February 2026, the Italian Medicines Agency (AIFA) published the new Guidelines for defining and classifying non‑prescription medicines as OTC or SOP. This document describes the legal framework and sets detailed...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: • Heavy Metal Headaches: AG Bonta Warns Baby Food Brands on...more
