In This Issue:

- Recent Cases

..Dodd-Frank Prohibition on Arbitration

..Statutory Damages Under TILA

..Preemption

..Declaratory Relief

..HAMP Claims

..Constitutional Challenge to Dodd-Frank

..Whistleblower Protection

- News & Developments

..CFPB Issues Final Interpretive Rule Regarding Homeownership Counseling

..CFPB Holds Forum on Indirect Auto Lending

..CFPB Issues Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Regarding Debt Collection

..CFPB Releases Online Homeownership Counseling Tool and Regulatory Guidance

..CFPB Issues Semi-Annual Report to Congress

..CFPB Issues Updated Regulation E Examination Procedures

..CFPB Director Cordray Remarks to Mortgage Bankers Association

..CFPB Issues Interim Final Rule Amending 2013 Mortgage Rules

..CFPB Issues Remittance Transfer Examination Procedures

..CFPB Updates Mortgage Rule Small Entity Compliance Guide

..CFPB Issues Bulletin on Implementation of 2013 RESPA and TILA Final Rules

..CFPB Issues Bulletin Regarding Home Mortgage Disclosure Act and Reg C

..CFPB Issues Final Rule Addressing Best Practices for Temporary Cease-and-Desist Orders

..Numerous Agencies Issue Guidance on Privacy Laws and Reporting Financial Abuse of Older Adults

- About The Editors

- Excerpt from Dodd-Frank Prohibition on Arbitration:

Weller v. HSBC Mortgage Services, Inc., No. 13-cv- 00185-REB-MJW, -- F. Supp. 2d -- , 2013 WL 4882758 (D. Colo. Sept. 11, 2013).

The U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado recently held that the Dodd-Frank Act did not apply retroactively to nullify an arbitration agreement contained in a mortgage loan contract.