Episode 366 -- DOJ Issues Data Security Program Requirements
Sunday Book Review: April 27, 2025, The Books on Business for May Edition
Because That’s What Heroes Do: Deep Space 9 – Episode 30: Deep Trek Themes from Tacking into the Wind
10 For 10: Top Compliance Stories For the Week Ending April 26, 2025
Compliance and AI: Transforming Compliance Through AI with Marcelo Erthal
Compliance Tip of the Day: The Future of Continuous Monitoring
FCPA Compliance Report: Ellen Hunt on Compliance ROI and on a Due Diligence and the US Sentencing Guidelines
Daily Compliance News: April 25, 2025, The Trouble in Travel Edition
PODCAST: Williams Mullen's Raising Capital 101: A Securities Podcast - What are the Different Ways Securities Can Be Offered and Sold? (Part 1)
Fair Lending Shake-Ups: CFPB Vacates Townstone Settlement, FHFA Ends GSEs' Special Purpose Credit Programs — The Consumer Finance Podcast
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: Private Civil Consumer Financial Services Litigation to Partially Fill CFPB Void - Part 1
Compliance Tip of the Day: Leveraging AI for Real-Time Third-Party Risk Management
FCPA Compliance Report: Amanda Carty on a Due Diligence and Risk Management
Innovation in Compliance: Design-Centric Compliance Training with Karen Oddo
Navigating the Future of Payment Stablecoins: Legislative Updates and Market Implications — Payments Pros – The Payments Law Podcast
Navigating the Future of Payment Stablecoins: Legislative Updates and Market Implications — The Crypto Exchange Podcast
Daily Compliance News: April 24, 2025, The Made in Malaysia Edition
Compliance Tip of the Day: AI and Predictive Analytics
FCPA Compliance Report: Kristy Grant-Hart on A 360° Review of the Future of Compliance
Great Women in Compliance: Creating Space to Speak Up: The Story Behind Psst.org
What Happened? On April 23, 2025, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) issued Circular 26-25-2 (the Circular), which announces that the VA’s Veterans Affairs Servicing Purchase (VASP) program is winding down. As of...more
I. U.S. SANCTIONS - White House Reportedly Considering Lifting Sanctions on Russian Energy Assets: On April 23, Politico reported that the White House is debating lifting sanctions on Russia’s Nord Stream 2 natural gas...more
On April 11, North Dakota enacted HB 1127, overhauling its regulatory framework for financial institutions and nonbank financial service providers. The law amends multiple chapters of the North Dakota Century Code and creates...more
On April 23, the CFPB voluntarily dismissed with prejudice its lawsuit, filed in September 2024, against a Pennsylvania-based credit card company that had been accused of unlawfully marketing a high-cost, limited-use...more
In January 2025, the Maryland Office of Financial Regulation (the “OFR”) issued a guidance stating that assignees of residential mortgage loans, including certain passive trusts, were required to hold a Maryland mortgage...more
In the first 3 articles in this series (1, 2, 3), we identified fatal flaws in the 2023 CRA rule. In Parts 4a – 4c we propose the regulators consider potential improvements to the rule when they publish the Notice of Proposed...more
Companies Announce Digital Asset Payment Networks - The issuer of the USDC stablecoin recently published a white paper outlining its plans to launch “CPN,” a new payments network that aims to “bring[] financial...more
The U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) has recommenced the review of solar, storage, and geothermal project applications on federal lands. This follows a 60-day suspension of all renewable energy authorizations, including...more
Lowenstein Crypto advises leading digital asset and cryptocurrency projects, exchanges, and trading firms. Our practice covers regulatory advice, transactions and structuring advice, investigations, and adversarial matters...more
Starting this June, the first tier of small business lenders will begin collecting certain data to report to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau under Rule 1071, issued pursuant to Section 1071 of the Dodd-Frank Act....more
On April 16, three senators urged the FHFA Inspector General to investigate the agency’s purported noncompliance with federal laws and regulations concerning corporate governance at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Sens. Jack Reed...more
On April 18, the NCUA confirmed that President Trump terminated the positions of two NCUA board members, Todd Harper and Tanya Otsuka, leaving the agency with a single board member: Chairman Kyle S. Hauptman. The NCUA assured...more
Recently, the Deputy Attorney General for the DOJ released a memo that outlined a new policy direction for the DOJ regarding the enforcement of laws related to digital assets. The memo emphasized ending the previous...more
On April 18, Iowa enacted HF 857 (the “Act”), prohibiting financial institutions from using unfair or deceptive practices when they use prescreened mortgage trigger lead information to solicit consumers who have applied for...more
On April 22, the governor of Maryland approved SB 305 (the “Act”) which enacts new regulations for the virtual currency kiosk industry in Maryland. The Act requires virtual currency kiosk operators to register their kiosks...more
On April 16, the Colorado General Assembly enacted HB 25-1201, which repeals the state’s current Money Transmitters Act and replaces it with the Money Transmission Modernization Act (the “Act”), which is based on the model...more
On 24 April 2025, the DWP published a Report by the Small Pots Delivery Group, setting out the Group’s detailed recommendations for a system of compulsory consolidation of small defined contribution (DC) pots, plus the...more
On April 22, the governor of Maryland approved HB 1516 / SB 1026, the Maryland Secondary Market Stability Act of 2025 (the “Act”), which exempts certain trust entities acquiring Maryland mortgage loans, including passive...more
The most disappointing part of going to law school was the lack of practicality. Sure, it helps you think like a lawyer and teach you the basics of the law, it never helped with becoming a successful lawyer or how to draw a...more
On April 23, the White House issued an Executive Order entitled Restoring Equality of Opportunity and Meritocracy, directing federal agencies to “eliminate the use of disparate-impact liability in all contexts to the maximum...more
In this new season of Adventures in Compliance, host Tom Fox will explore the Sherlock Holmes novels in depth. Over the course of this season, Tom will do so in a four-part series. The four novels we will consider from the...more
Welcome to the award-winning FCPA Compliance Report, the longest-running compliance podcast. In this episode, Tom welcomes back Jag Lamba, CEO at Certa, to discuss the use of GenAI in compliance tools. Lamba advocates for...more
On April 17, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost announced that the state has filed a lawsuit against a wholesale mortgage lender, alleging that the company engaged in a statewide scheme to mislead borrowers and inflate mortgage...more
The Cayman Islands is a pre-eminent offshore funds jurisdiction. In fact, with just over 30,000 registered funds as at 30 March 2025, over 17,000 of which are closed-ended funds, Cayman accounts for around 68% of funds set up...more
On April 15, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas vacated the CFPB’s Credit Card Late Fee Rule pursuant to a joint motion for entry of consent judgment reached by the parties. The court found the CFPB’s...more