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New Jersey Enacts Groundbreaking Charter School Financing Law

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The state of New Jersey has enacted a groundbreaking law granting public charter schools and renaissance schools access to low-interest financing through the Public Charter and Renaissance School Facilities Loan Program. This...more

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CFPB Reports That College-Sponsored Financial Products Have Higher Fees and Less Favorable Terms

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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) released its 14th annual report to Congress in fulfillment of its requirements under the Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure (CARD) Act. For the...more

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Biden-Harris Administration Amends Higher Education Act to Address College Closures and Withholding Transcripts

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On October 24, the Biden-Harris administration announced amendments to the regulations implementing title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA). According to the fact sheet, the amendments are intended to allow the...more

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FTC Finalizes Updated Safeguards Rule Under GLBA to Dramatically Expand Data Security Requirements and Scope of Rule

Until now, companies primarily regulated by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) were given only vague directives to implement systems sufficient to safeguard customer data, coupled with FTC “recommendations” as to best...more

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High Hurdles to Class Actions Remain Even in the Time of COVID-19

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Before 2020, most people only associated the term Corona with a beer. Now, Corona will be at the heart of the American judicial system for years to come. Legal experts anticipate a significant increase in the number of class...more

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COVID-19 Leads to New Class Actions

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Like every aspect of our society, the coronavirus is affecting class action litigation. In the last month a rush of new “corona” class actions have been filed, and businesses are seeing novel class claims. The headlines have...more

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Coronavirus Class Actions—Part Three—Analyzing the Latest COVID-19 Class Actions in Banking, Privacy, Higher Education and...

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For those who haven’t previously been following, this is our third installment on COVID-19 class actions. The first installment was prospective and authored prior to any filed class actions. The second installment examined...more

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Summary of Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act

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On March 25, 2020, the Senate voted 96-0 to approve the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. The House is expected to vote on this bill on Friday, March 27....more

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Minnesota Supreme Court rules schools needed lending license to make student loans

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The Minnesota Supreme Court recently ruled that two for-profit postsecondary education schools had charged usurious interest rates on student loans and could not charge rates greater than 8% without obtaining a lending...more

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IP in the mix: M&A Year in Review - 2016

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Around the globe and across a wide variety of industry sectors, our IP practice collaborated with our corporate and other practice areas of our firm to provide integrated legal services for our clients and friends on...more

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2016 M&A Year in Review: Our Shared Success

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Around the globe and across a wide variety of industry sectors, we worked on exciting, challenging, and innovative M&A transactions throughout 2016. We are grateful that these transactions propelled us to top 10 M&A rankings...more

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Heal Thyself: Insider Threats to Heed, Especially for Industries with Large Amounts of Personal Information

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A recent study by the Ponemon Institute found that insider threats due to malicious or negligent employees are the leading cause of private-sector cybersecurity incidents. Of the over 600 information security professionals...more

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Alert: ED Adopts Changes to Clock and Credit Hour Rules

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Earlier this month, the US Department of Education ("ED" or the "Department") announced a number of changes to the so-called "cash management" regulations that govern institutional arrangements with financial account...more

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Director Cordray defends CFPB authority to investigate college accrediting organization

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Director Cordray is reported to have defended the CFPB’s authority to investigate a college accrediting organization at a recent Politico event. On October 8, 2015, the CFPB issued a decision and order denying the petition of...more

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Lawmakers seek rescission of CID issued to college accrediting organization

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Senator Lamar Alexander and Representative John Kline sent a letter to Director Cordray on October 23, 2015 requesting that he “immediately rescind the issuance of a civil investigative demand to the Accrediting Council for...more

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CFPB Continues to Take Action Against Offenders in Debt Collection Services

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CFPB Takes Action Against Servicemember Auto Lender Security National Automotive Acceptance Company - On October 28, 2015, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) filed an administrative order against Security...more

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U.S. Departments of the Treasury and Commerce Announce Additional Revisions to Cuba Sanctions Regulations

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Last week, the Department of the Treasury and the Department of Commerce announced additional revisions to the Cuban Assets Control Regulations (CACR) and Export Administration Regulations (EAR), building off the changes put...more

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Obama Administration Further Eases Restrictions to Aid Implementation of Cuba Policy

On Monday, September 21, 2015, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) implemented amendments to the Cuban...more

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Department of Education requests emergency review of Guaranty Agencies’ security over student financial aid information

On July 16, 2015, the Department of Education issued a request through notice to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for emergency clearance so that Federal Student Aid (FSA) can initiate a formal security assessment...more

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2015 Florida Legislative Post-Session Report

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Carlton Fields Jorden Burt’s Government Law and Consulting Practice Group released its 2015 Florida Legislative Post-Session Report detailing significant bills that passed during the 2015 Regular Session of the Florida...more

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Dodd-Frank News: April 2015: Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act Update

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The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act was enacted as a measure to promote financial stability and protection for consumers through increased regulation of nearly every aspect of the consumer finance...more

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Pass Or Fail? CFPB Seeks to Grade Financial Institutions Working With Schools

Why it matters - Under a new proposal from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), financial companies would be graded on a “scorecard” for their offerings to students. The “Safe Student Account Scorecard”...more

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