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CFPB Rescinds Dozens of Regulatory Guidance Documents in Major Regulatory Shift

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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) announced the withdrawal of 67 regulatory guidance documents, including interpretive rules, policy statements, and advisory opinions that have been issued since the...more

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CFPB Narrows Supervision and Enforcement, Leaving Broader Focus to States

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The CFPB confirmed in a recent memo to staff that it is shifting its tone on supervision and enforcement—even as reports circulate about significant staffing cuts and potential structural changes at the agency. ...more

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Navigating the New Consumer Financial Services Landscape: Enforcement, Compliance, and Litigation Risks

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Financial services companies may feel relief from the aggressive federal oversight and regulation that defined the past decade. However, regulatory risk has not disappeared—it has shifted. ...more

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CFPB to Launch Registry of Nonbank Enforcement Actions

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In a move that's sure to make nonbank financial institutions even more uncomfortable, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has decided to shine a brighter light on those that have been alleged to violate consumer...more

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CFPB Brings String of Enforcement Actions to Round Out 2023

In December, the CFPB brought a series of three separate enforcement actions against several financial services companies alleging a range of violations of federal consumer protections laws....more

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CFPB's Policy Statement on Abusiveness (Part 2) - The Consumer Finance Podcast

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Please join Troutman Pepper Partner Chris Willis and his colleagues Stefanie Jackman, Caleb Rosenberg, and Chris Capurso for the second installment of our special two-part series about the Consumer Financial Protection...more

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Taking the Case: SCOTUS to Decide Constitutionality of CFPB

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Today, the Supreme Court of the United States granted the petitions for writs of certiorari filed in CFPB et. al. v. Com. Fin. Services Assn., where a panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled...more

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Class Action Defense Strategies in the Eastern District of Virginia’s ‘‘Rocket Docket’’

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Colloquially known as the ‘‘Rocket Docket,’’ the Eastern District of Virginia (‘‘EDVA’’) has been the speediest federal court for civil trials since 2008, according to the annual data compiled by the Administrative Office of...more

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Bipartisan bill introduced to create legal framework for income share agreements

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A bipartisan group of U.S. Senators have introduced the “ISA Student Protection Act of 2019” that would create a legal framework for income share agreements (ISA) offered to students. ...more

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Compliance: Setting up a Preventative Maintenance Compliance Budget

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Prioritizing compliance with federal and state law may be the last item on your never ending to-do list. Most days, you have bigger fish to fry - you want to increase sales and decrease overhead. However, a small investment...more

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FTC continues vigorous use of enforcement authority

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As observers ponder the CFPB’s future in a Trump Administration, the Federal Trade Commission’s continuing role as an enforcer of federal consumer financial protection laws should not be overlooked. Over the approximately...more

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Supreme Court Vacates Ninth Circuit Decision in Spokeo, Remands for Analysis of Concrete Harms

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On May 16, 2016, the Supreme Court issued its decision in Spokeo v. Robins, which posed the question of whether Article III standing requires a plaintiff to have a concrete injury when alleging a statutory violation under the...more

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Class Action Chronicle - Winter 2013

"In This Issue: - Courts Weighs in on Ascertainability - CLASS CERTIFICATION DECISIONS: ..Decision Granting Motion to Strike ..Decisions Denying Motions to Strike ..Decisions Rejecting/Denying...more

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