Predictions regarding the 2023 CRA Rule and Section 1071 and how to prepare for expected developments
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: Everything You Want to Know About the CFPB as Things Stand Today, and Lots More - Part 1
FCPA Compliance Report: Death of CTA
2024 Payments Year in Review: CFPB and FTC Regulatory Trends – Part One — Payments Pros – The Payments Law Podcast
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: Alan Kaplinsky’s “Fireside Chat” with Former CFPB Leader David Silberman: His Experience During the Prior Transition from the Obama Administration to Trump
SBA’s Final Rule Is Here: Key Takeaways on Updates to HUBZone Program, Other Small Business Programs, and Various Small Business Matters
Hidden Fees in the Live-Event Ticketing and Short-Term Lodging Industries
Podcast — Drug Pricing: What’s in the New CMS Medicaid Final Rule?
Director Review Under the USPTO's Final Rule – Patents: Post-Grant Podcast
#WorkforceWednesday®: After the Block - What’s Next for Employers and Non-Competes? - Spilling Secrets Podcast - Employment Law This Week®
Employment Law Now VIII-150 - The FTC Noncompete Rule is Dead: What Now?
ERISA Blog | Changes to the HIPAA Privacy Rules A Primer for Self-Insured Group Health Plans
Sustainable Procurement: A Closer Look at the New Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR)
Employment Law Now VIII-145 – Status Update: Injunctions for FTC Non-Compete Ban and DOL Overtime Exemption Regs
Legal Alert | Reign It In: Federal Court Enjoins DOL's Expansion of Davis-Bacon Coverage
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: What Banking Leaders Need to Know About the U.S. Supreme Court Ruling That the CFPB’s Funding Mechanism is Constitutional Part I
Unpacking FERC's Transmission Planning and Permitting Final Rules
The Burr Broadcast: Key Differences Between PWFA and ADA
DOL’s Expanded Overtime Salary Limits, EEOC’s Sexual Harassment Guidance, NY’s Mandatory Paid Prenatal Leave - Employment Law This Week®
The FTC Issued a New Rule to Ban All New Noncompete Agreements
Several April releases seem to signal some basis for optimism for stakeholders in Medicare Advantage and Part D, though with sufficient undertones to recommend caution....more
ESMA Guidelines and Final Draft RTS on Liquidity Management Tools of UCITS and Open-Ended AIFs - Pursuant to the revised Directive 2011/61/EU (AIFMD) and Directive 2009/65/EC (UCITS Directive), the European Securities and...more
The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published issue 55 of its Primary Market Bulletin (PMB 55). In PMB 55, the FCA: (i) provides feedback on its consultation in PMB 53, finalises 44 technical and procedural notes,...more
Following the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s action in March 2025 to end its defense of the final climate-related disclosure rules (Climate Rules), the Attorneys General of Massachusetts and other states...more
Hi, thanks so much for joining us. I’m Samantha Kirby, chair of financial services here at Goodwin, and today, we’re going to talk to you about what we’re watching with respect to the bank regulatory agencies and the Consumer...more
On April 15, 2025, Judge Mark T. Pittman of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas entered an order and final judgment vacating the CFPB's credit card penalty fees rule (the Late Fee Rule). Judge Pittman's...more
On April 11, the CFPB announced it would not “prioritize enforcement or supervision actions” regarding entities who do not meet the registration deadlines under the nonbank registry rule. As previously covered by InfoBytes,...more
On April 11, the CFPB stated in a court filing that it plans to revoke its advisory opinion on medical debt collection from October 1, 2024. The filing was a motion to the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia and...more
On April 15, the Treasury issued a direct final rule to eliminate several regulations or portions of regulations it deemed unnecessary in response to an Executive Order 14219 directing agencies to pursue deregulation. The...more
The Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) has published its Business Plan 2025/26 which sets out the workplan for and regulatory initiatives to advance its strategic priorities. This year's business plan is said to reflect...more
On April 11, the CFPB announced that it will not prioritize enforcement or supervision against nonbank financial companies that miss registration deadlines under its Repeat Offender Registry. The Bureau also stated that it is...more
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)’s March 27, 2025 decision (the Decision) to withdraw the defense of its landmark climate-related disclosure rules adopted in March of 2024 (the Rules) did not formally pause or...more
On March 27, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) voted to end its defense of its Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors rules in the ongoing Eighth Circuit case Iowa v....more
On April 11, 2025, a new rule went into effect in which the United States government will start to strictly enforce the requirement that foreign nationals register their presence with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services...more
The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published a consultation paper (CP25/7) on its rates proposals for regulated fees and levies for 2025/26 and proposed amendments to the FEES manual. The annual funding requirement...more
Welcome to our third issue of 2025 of Decoded - our technology law insights e-newsletter. We hope you enjoy this issue and thank you for reading. SEC may Reverse Proposed Cryptocurrency Custody Rule and Ohio House...more
At the request of both sides of the lawsuit, a federal judge has voided the CFPB’s credit card late fee rule....more
Republicans on the House Financial Services Financial Institutions Subcommittee have sent Acting CFPB Director Russell Vought a letter calling for the CFPB to withdraw a wide variety of final and proposed rules....more
The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published its policy statement (PS25/2) with final rules on the classes of derivatives subject to the derivatives trading obligation (DTO) and the new framework for the exemptions...more
On April 3, 2025, the U.S. Department of Transportation (the Department or DOT) issued a Request for Information (RFI) seeking public comment to assist DOT in identifying existing regulatory obligations “that can be modified...more
What Happened? The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”), Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (“Federal Reserve”) and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (“OCC”), (collectively, “federal...more
After more than 50 years, EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers (“the Agencies”) continue to struggle to find a durable definition of “waters of the United States” (“WOTUS”) in the Clean Water Act, leaving the regulated...more
Republicans on the House Financial Services Committee have sent letters to financial regulators asking them to rescind a variety of measures the regulators issued during the Biden Administration....more
Len & Dean examine how the 2023 CRA rule and Section 1071 could impose unrealistic standards on banks through rigid assessment areas, urging the industry to engage in the rulemaking process and prepare for regulatory changes...more
It has been a little over two months since President Donald Trump returned to office, and since then, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has been in flux—to put it mildly. As of this writing, it is unclear...more