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The Preferred Return Podcast | AIFMD II – Implementation Begins
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Meeting the Proposed SEC Climate Disclosure Requirements
California Regulation of Charitable Fundraising Platforms Part 2 - Reporting Due Diligence, Recordkeeping, and Disclosure Rules
ESG Masterclass — ESG and Impact Investing
The Justice Insiders Podcast - Human Beings: Cybersecurity's Most Fragile Attack Surface
JONES DAY TALKS®: Court Grants Stay on SEC’s Climate Disclosure Rule, but Companies Should Continue Preparations
ESG Masterclass — ESG and Politics
Ad Law Tool Kit Show – Episode 5 – Surviving an FTC Investigation
SEC’s New Cyber Rules for Publicly Traded Companies — The Consumer Finance Podcast
PLI's inSecurities Podcast - Commissioner Uyeda on “the Perils of Regulation by Theory and Hypothesis”
PLI's inSecurities Podcast - Addressing the “Netflix Problem” in Securities Regulation
What Nonprofit Leaders Need To Know About the Corporate Transparency Act
December 1st Deadline to Adopt Executive Compensation Clawback Policies — The Consumer Finance Podcast
How to Fix the Cyber Incident Reporting Mess--DHS Weighs In
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Regulatory Phishing Podcast - The Impact of Cybersecurity Compliance on Corporate Transactions
The Justice Insiders Podcast: Incidents in the Material World: SEC Adopts New Cybersecurity Rules
Key Points - The Senate has passed landmark children’s online privacy and safety legislation via a near-unanimous vote shortly before departing for the August recess. The bill is comprised of revised versions of the Kids...more
On April 7, 2024, Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), the chair of the US House Committee on Energy and Commerce, and Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-WA), the chair of the US Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation,...more
On December 4, a federal district court for the Central District of California granted summary judgment in favor of the Commissioner of the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (DFPI) finding that...more
When product liability actions involving one or more common issues of fact (e.g., an allegedly harmful product or chemical) are filed in multiple jurisdictions, they are typically consolidated for pretrial proceedings in a...more
On March 28, the CFPB issued a determination that state disclosure laws covering lending to businesses in California, New York, Utah, and Virginia are not preempted by TILA. ...more
As discussed here, on December 7, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) made a preliminary conclusion that New York’s Commercial Financing Law (the New York law) was not preempted by the Truth in Lending...more
As discussed here, on December 7, 2022, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) made a preliminary conclusion that a New York commercial financing law was not preempted by the Truth in Lending Act (TILA)....more
In December 2021, the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (or the “CFPB”) issued a notice and request for comment (the “Notice”) on its intention to make a preemption determination regarding the Truth in Lending Act...more
As the U.K. faces what the Bank of England recently described as “very challenging” times, with the possibility of the U.K.’s “longest recession since records began,” issuers listed on the London Stock Exchange should pay...more
Regulatory Developments - Federal Reserve Invites Public Comment on Proposed Principles for Large Banking Organizations to Manage Climate-Related Financial Risks - On December 2, the Federal Reserve announced that it...more
The Colorado Department of Law filed a set of proposed rules to implement the Colorado Privacy Act (Draft CO Rules) on Sept. 29, 2022, foreshadowing additional compliance obligations that businesses will have to strive to...more
Over the past year, we have reported on the new wave of laws enacted and proposed in various states requiring consumer-like disclosures in commercial financing transactions. These state laws are often titled “Commercial...more
This week, the Ninth Circuit addresses short-swing transactions involving board-approved stock option grants and considers the preemptive scope of the Medicare Act. ...more
Patel v. 7-Eleven, a case in Massachusetts, has been closely watched since the ABC test took hold of franchise relationships in employee misclassification cases across the country. A putative class of 7-Eleven franchisees...more
The Mississippi Supreme Court recently rejected federal preemption arguments relating to federally owned student loans. This follows other preemption rulings, as we’ve discussed here and here. Mississippi’s attorney...more
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ruled last week in Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Navient Corp. that the PA Attorney General could bring a parallel enforcement action against Navient, a servicer of federal...more
As we’ve been tracking for over a year now, courts across the country have addressed the significant question of whether the federal laws governing federally owned or guaranteed student loans preempt state laws placing...more
The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals struck a blow to student loan servicers’ arguments that certain state law claims brought by borrowers are preempted under the Higher Education Act (HEA). In a lengthy opinion issued on...more
HIPAA, as a body of regulations protecting the confidentiality of patient health care information, has been branded very effectively. Most staff at your average health care facility know about HIPAA and that it protects the...more
In courts across the country, servicers are facing off against states and borrowers over the extent to which federal laws preempt state regulation of federal student loan servicers. Numerous states have stepped up their...more
LEGISLATION, REGULATIONS & STANDARDS - Personal Care Products Legislation Introduced in Congress - Rep. Janice Schakowsky (D-Ill.) has introduced the Safe Cosmetics and Personal Care Products Act of 2018, which would...more
On August 1, 2018, two consumer groups sued the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), USDA Secretary Sonny Perdue, and Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) Administrator Bruce Summers for failing to meet the statutory...more
As discussed in Part 1, the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CalCoPA) is a game-changing privacy act that sets a new bar for consumer privacy rights in the U.S. The primary reason it differs from existing legislation...more
In reaction to a litany of high-profile scandals, Maryland has joined a growing number of states in enacting legislation intended to prevent employers from sheltering perpetrators of sexual harassment. Approved by Governor...more
USDA Releases Proposed Bioengineered Ingredients Standard - The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has released the proposed National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard,...more