On June 1, 2026, President Donald Trump signed a proclamation titled “Further Adjusting the Tariff Regimes for Imports of Aluminum, Steel, and Copper into the United States” (the June 1 Proclamation), which modifies the tariff…
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/ Administrative Law, Antitrust & Trade Regulation, International Law & Trade
On June 2, 2026, the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) published a Federal Register notice (the FRN) announcing determinations and proposed actions arising from 60 investigations authorized under Section…
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/ Administrative Law, Antitrust & Trade Regulation, International Law & Trade
On May 19, 2026, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed rule amendments that would significantly simplify executive compensation disclosure requirements for many public companies. The proposed rules would split…
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/ Business Organizations, Securities Law
Regulations proposed in June 2025 to implement the New Jersey Data Privacy Law expired on June 2, 2026, when the regulations were not adopted within a year of the proposal. The path forward for future rulemaking to implement the…
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/ Administrative Law, Privacy, Science, Computers, & Technology
On May 18, 2026, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) released proposed amendments to the public company offering and reporting framework, which, if implemented, would represent the most significant overhaul of the…
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/ Finance & Banking, Securities Law
On June 3, 2026, President Donald Trump signed an executive order (EO) titled “Strengthening Customs Enforcement,” directing U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to undertake a sweeping overhaul of customs enforcement. The…
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/ International Law & Trade
On May 29, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC or Commission) took a set of actions that together open a path for digital asset perpetual contracts to trade on registered U.S. platforms by classifying them as futures,…
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/ Administrative Law, Commercial Law & Contracts, Finance & Banking
On June 4, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) filed an amicus brief in the Tenth Circuit’s en banc rehearing of National Association of Industrial Bankers v. Weiser, supporting industry plaintiffs and arguing that…
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/ Administrative Law, Conflict of Laws, Consumer Protection, Finance & Banking
Last month, the New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) announced a significant enforcement action against 2541 E Tremont Ave Auto, LLC, which operated as “Honda of the Bronx.” DCWP alleged that the…
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/ Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Commercial Law & Contracts, Consumer Protection
“Prediction is easy — being right is hard.” The Supreme Court’s May 21, 2026, decision in the multiemployer withdrawal liability space affirmed this principle. In M & K Employee Solutions, LLC v. Trustees of the IAM National…
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/ Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), Finance & Banking, Labor & Employment Law
In this special crossover episode of The Consumer Finance and Payments Pros podcasts, Carlin McCrory, Keith Barnett, and Chris Willis explore the federal government's increasing attention to "debanking" and what it means for…
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/ Finance & Banking, Consumer Protection
Key point: Louisiana becomes the 22nd state — and third this year — to enact a consumer data privacy law, adopting a law similar to Texas’ law.
On May 29, 2026, Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry signed the Louisiana Data Privacy…
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/ Consumer Protection, Privacy, Science, Computers, & Technology
On June 2, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), and Federal Reserve Board (FRB) jointly announced another step in their effort to eliminate “reputation risk” from the…
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/ Administrative Law, Finance & Banking
On May 19, President Donald Trump issued Executive Order 14406, “Restoring Integrity to America’s Financial System,” which establishes a new policy to safeguard financial institutions against structural credit risks and deter…
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/ Finance & Banking, Immigration Law
Statistics for April consumer litigation filings are in, and, for the first time in over a year, all three of the top consumer protection statutes moved up month-over-month. According to a report by WebRecon, court filings under…
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/ Communications & Media Law, Consumer Protection, Finance & Banking
