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Feeling the Heat: Strategies to Keep Cool Under California's Consumers Legal Remedies Act — The Consumer Finance Podcast
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Under the Hood: Exploring the CFPB's 2025 Focus — Moving the Metal: The Auto Finance Podcast
State AG Pulse | Massive Google Settlement Shows AGs Serious About Privacy
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Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: Private Civil Consumer Financial Services Litigation to Partially Fill CFPB Void - Part 2
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: Private Civil Consumer Financial Services Litigation to Partially Fill CFPB Void - Part 1
State AG Pulse | “Don’t Mess With Our Health or Our Kids!”
Podcast - Looking into the Crystal Ball: The Future of Consumer Protection Law Enforcement
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: Everything You Want to Know About the CFPB as Things Stand Today, and Lots More - Part 1
Inside Maine's AG Office: AG Aaron Frey on Public Service — Regulatory Oversight Podcast
Podcast - FTC Commissioner Dismissals: Background and Implications
Dialing In: The TCPA and Auto Finance — Moving the Metal: The Auto Finance Podcast
New York's Bold Move to Create a Mini CFPB — The Consumer Finance Podcast
2024 Credit Reporting Review: Impactful Changes and Future Forecast — FCRA Focus Podcast
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: How to Use the Restatement of Consumer Contracts - A Guide for Judges
Bipartisan Leadership and Reform at NAAG: Insights From Brian Kane — Regulatory Oversight Podcast
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In this episode, partners and Akin Gump retail initiative co-leaders Gregory Knopp and Meredith Slawe discuss the retail sector, its promises and its pitfalls. Among the topics covered: • technological innovation in retail ...more