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Daily Compliance News: February 17, 2025, The Cancel The Leases Edition
Episode 356 -- Trump Administration Hits Pause on FCPA Enforcement
10 For 10: Top Compliance Stories For the Week Ending February 15, 2025
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: The Fall of The CFPB, The Rise of The State AG
Compliance Tip of the Day: CCM is Essential for 2025 Risk Management
12 O’Clock High, a podcast on business leadership: Leadership Insights from ‘All Quiet on the Western Front’
Deposit Account Litigation: Highlights From 2024 and What to Expect in 2025 — The Consumer Finance Podcast
2024 Payments Year in Review: CFPB and FTC Regulatory Trends - Part Three — Payments Pros – The Payments Law Podcast
Compliance Tip of the Day: Using AI to Build ‘Tone at the Top’
Everything Compliance: Episode 150, The Musk On Edition
Daily Compliance News: February 13, 2025, The US Drops Again Edition
$Trump, Crypto Stockpile, SAB 121, DeepSeek, Tornado Cash + More
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: Will the State Attorneys General and Other State Agencies Fill the Void Left by the CFPB?
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: Alan Kaplinsky’s “Fireside Chat” with Matthew J. Platkin, New Jersey Attorney General
Compliance Tip of the Day: Using GenAI to Make Small Transformations
Great Women in Compliance: Humans at the Center of Strategy with Patrícia Godoy Oliveira
Compliance into the Weeds: End of FCPA and CFPB?
The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) has formed the Risk-Based Capital Model Governance Task Force to reassess and modernize capital requirements for insurance companies. This initiative is particularly...more
The first weeks of February have been eventful for digital asset regulation, with major policy shifts, legal battles and legislative initiatives shaping the future of Web3. The SEC’s formation of a dedicated crypto rulemaking...more
In 2024, FinCEN and the federal bank regulators announced more than three dozen enforcement actions against banks and individuals arising from alleged Bank Secrecy Act (BSA), anti-money laundering (AML), and countering the...more
Following the myriad nominations, acting appointments and Executive Orders by the new Administration, many clients and friends have requested advice regarding legal and regulatory changes that might be forthcoming in the...more
As discussed here, on February 9, the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU), which includes members employed by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau), filed a lawsuit in the District Court for the...more
We are pleased to share our annual review of regulatory and legal developments in the consumer financial services industry. With active federal and state legislatures, consumer financial services providers faced a challenging...more
Accusing the CFPB of planning to use its funding mechanism to abolish the agency, the mayor and the city council of Baltimore (the “City of Baltimore”) and the Economic Action Maryland Fund (the “Economic Fund”), a nonprofit...more
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has experienced a flurry of activity over the past few weeks beginning with President Trump’s dismissal of Rohit Chopra as the Director of the Bureau on January 31. That same...more
On February 12, President Donald Trump nominated Brian Quintenz to lead the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. This article profiles Quintenz as a nominee, surveys Pham’s initiatives as acting chair, and considers...more
Fraud is the most common offence in the UK, amounting to 41% of all crime. On 26 October 2023, the UK’s long-awaited Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 20232 (the Act) received Royal Assent, setting out...more
On February 11, Acting Comptroller of the Currency Rodney E. Hood announced the OCC’s withdrawal from the Network of Central Banks and Supervisors for Greening the Financial System. Hood emphasized that the OCC’s “primary...more
o15 Capital Partners has announced the close of its inaugural fund. The fund, o15 Emerging America Credit Opportunities Fund, closed at approximately $370 million....more
On February 13, the OCC released economic and financial market scenarios for use in the upcoming stress tests for covered institutions. Covered institutions must submit their stress test results to the OCC by April 5 and...more
The SEC Staff recently issued new guidance (C&DI 103.12) on how a shareholder’s engagement with a company’s management could disqualify the shareholder from using the SEC’s short-form Schedule 13G....more
The English High Court has provided further guidance on the interpretation of “no waiver” clauses in a recent decision. The backdrop to this decision was a sanctions related dispute about the termination of a currency swap...more
On October 13, 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) adopted Rule 13f-2 and related Form SHO pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Rule 13f-2 requires that any party meeting the definition of...more
On January 28, 2025 a resolution amending the General provisions applicable to issuers and other participants in the securities market (the "Resolution") was published in the Federal Official Gazette, to include obligations...more
The court reassures lenders on the effect of a termination notice, the meaning of a continuing Event of Default and the effectiveness of reservation of rights letters: Re Pocket Renting. Appointment of administrator...more
On February 11, a federal judge from the U.S. SDNY granted in part and denied in part an emergency motion by DOJ contesting a temporary restraining order (TRO) granted on February 8 that restricted political appointees’...more
On February 11, the White House nominated Brian Quintenz to replace Caroline Pham as Chairman of the CFTC. He previously worked as the Head of Policy at a venture capital fund that invests in cryptoassets. Quintenz previously...more
Recently, the Congressional Research Service published a report titled, “Federal Reserve: Policy Issues in the 119th Congress,” which analyzed policy issues for Congress in each category of the Fed’s responsibilities. The...more
A Texas federal district court ruled that American Airlines breached its fiduciary duty of loyalty, but not its fiduciary duty of prudence, in allowing its $26 billion 401(k) plan to be influenced by environmental, social,...more
The House of Lords Financial Services Regulation Committee (“FSRC”) has published a report on the Financial Conduct Authority’s (“FCA”) proposals to change its approach to announcing enforcement investigations, from...more
In a recent decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit affirmed the dismissal of federal claims brought by a mortgagee against Trinity Financial Services, LLC (Trinity) under the Fair Debt Collection Practices...more
On February 10, FDIC Board Member Jonathan McKernan announced on social media he vacated his seat due to his term’s expiration and the appointment of a new Acting Comptroller of the Currency. As previously covered by...more