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Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Fed Cracks Down on Utah Bank for Alleged Compliance Failures with $44 Million Fine

On a July 19, the Federal Reserve Board announced it has issued a consent order against a Utah-based bank and its parent company for engaging in unfair and deceptive acts and practices in violation of Section 5(a)(1) of the...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

April 2024 UDAAP Bulletin

Federal Trade Commission. Deceptive real estate listings. On April 3, 2024, FTC announced close to $62 million in refunds for consumers misled by deceptive marketing and advertising practices used by Opendoor Labs, Inc., an...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

CFPB Fines and Bans Coding Bootcamp over Deceptive Student Lending Practices

On April 17, the CFPB issued a consent order against a San Francisco-based for-profit coding school and its and CEO, banning it from lending to consumers, after it found that the company inflated its job placement rates to...more

Hudson Cook, LLP

CFPB Bites of the Month - 2023 Annual Review - Debt Collection

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In this article, we share a timeline of our monthly "bites" for 2023 applicable to debt collection. If debt collection in 2023 had a theme it would be medical debt....more

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Texas Court Strikes Down CFPB UDAAP Policy

On September 8, a Texas federal judge ruled that the CFPB exceeded its authority by adopting a sweeping anti-discrimination policy last year. The CFPB adopted the policy in March 2022, via an update to its exam manual,...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

May 2023 UDAAP Bulletin

The following document provides a monthly roundup summarizing enforcement actions, guidance, rulemakings, and other public statements from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the Federal Trade Commission regarding...more

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CFPB guidance on pay-to-pay fees impacts consumer loan agreements

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Consumer debt collectors may not be permitted to charge consumers “convenience fees” for card payments, which the Consumer Financial Protection Board (the “CFPB”) calls “pay-to-pay” fees, unless the underlying loan agreement...more

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CFPB Director Testifies Before Congress

This week, CFPB Director, Rohit Chopra, appeared before the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs and the U.S. House Committee on Financial Services in conjunction with the CFPB’s submission of its...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Senate Confirms Rohit Chopra as CFPB Director

As CFPB Director, Rohit Chopra will vigorously apply the CFPB’s authority to promulgate rules, conduct examinations, and bring enforcement actions. CFPB Acting Director Uejio has laid the groundwork for Director Chopra to...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Government Investigations: Insight from a Former Federal Trade Commission Director

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Holland & Knight hosted Dama Brown, the former Regional Director of the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) Southwest Region, for a webinar presentation on Aug. 11, 2021. During the interview, Holland & Knight Partner Anthony...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

[Webinar] Hot Issues for Debt Collection in 2021: What Both Third-Party and First-Party Debt Collectors Need to Know About the...

While federal and state regulators have long focused on debt collection practices, new CFPB leadership, increased state regulatory powers, the COVID-19 pandemic and other factors will not only make it harder for third-party...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

CFPB Issues Policy Statement on Abusive Acts or Practices

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) today issued an important policy statement on how it intends to apply the “abusiveness” standard in supervision and enforcement matters....more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Does the New Debt Collection Rule Apply to First-Party Creditors?

Last November, Bradley’s Financial Services Perspectives team predicted that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) then upcoming Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) for the Does the New Debt Collection Rule Apply...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

RESPA and UDAAP Enforcement Following The PHH Decision: What To Expect

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As anyone who is associated with the residential real estate settlement services industry can appreciate, resolution of the PHH case by the full bench of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals has brought much-needed clarity and...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

The CFPB and the Business of Insurance: An Analysis of the Scope of CFPB’s Authority Over Insurance Sales

In 2014, the Bureau of Consumer financial Protection (CFPB) issued an enforcement order against a bank and its service provider for allegedly misleading sales of insurance. That order was based on the CFPB’s power to prohibit...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Credit Card Issuer Debt Collection Consent Order: The CFPB’s Latest Rulemaking Through Enforcement Effort

On Wednesday, July 8, the CFPB announced its latest — and largest — settlement of claims of unfair and deceptive debt collection practices. The OCC and 47 State Attorneys General all were part of the overall settlement. The...more

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CFPB Increasingly Aiming “Abusiveness” Claims at Servicemember Products and Services

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Are servicemembers more financially vulnerable than the civilians they protect? Recent enforcement actions suggest that, in the CFPB’s view, they are. While the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA) provides more financial...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Additional Recent Actions Added To UDAAP Database

The CFPB has issued new enforcement actions that include allegations of unfair, deceptive, or abusive acts and practices (UDAAP) in connection with consumer financial products. We’ve updated our UDAAP Database with the most...more

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State AGs and Regulators Step Up UDAAP Enforcement

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Dodd-Frank created the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) and granted that federal agency significant powers to regulate financial institutions. But Dodd-Frank also empowers state regulators to enforce the new...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Bad Day for NewDay: CFPB Section 8 Enforcement Continues

On February 10, 2015, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) added another company to its litany of alleged Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (“RESPA”) Section 8 offenders (Michigan Title, PHH Corporation, New...more

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Fighting Back Against CFPB Demands

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An increasing number of banks, mortgage lenders, auto finance companies and other financial services industry participants are dealing with inquiries, investigations and actual or threatened legal claims from the Consumer...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

A further update on state AG/regulator lawsuits using Dodd-Frank authority

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Below is an update on the lawsuits we have been following that state attorneys general and a state regulator have brought using their Dodd-Frank enforcement authority. Under Dodd-Frank Section 1042, a state AG or regulator is...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

CFPB Proposes No-Action Letter Policy for Innovative Products

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has proposed a no-action letter policy under which the agency would issue letters stating that its staff “has no present intention to recommend initiation of an enforcement or...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

CFPB Proposes No-Action Letter Policy for Innovators

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The CFPB published for comment in today’s Federal Register a proposed policy on issuing “no-action” letters for innovative financial products or services. Like those issued by the SEC and CFTC, the no-action letters would...more

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Florida and Connecticut AGs file lawsuit asserting Dodd-Frank enforcement authority

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On July 29, 2014, another Section 1042 lawsuit was filed jointly by the Attorneys General of Florida and Connecticut in a Florida federal court. The lawsuit alleges that four individuals and their four businesses formulated...more

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