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Hidden Fees in the Live-Event Ticketing and Short-Term Lodging Industries
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Director Review Under the USPTO's Final Rule – Patents: Post-Grant Podcast
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Employment Law Now VIII-150 - The FTC Noncompete Rule is Dead: What Now?
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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
Recently, the Department of Transportation (DOT) announced its intention to implement 52 deregulatory actions across the Federal Highway Administration, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, and National Highway...more
After a period of uncertainty, how the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) plans to revise its implementation of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) during the second Trump administration is coming into focus...more
As commissioners continue to depart, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC or Commission) may soon find itself in an unprecedented situation - operating with only one sitting commissioner. While the Commission has...more
Over the past month, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) took a slew of actions with the apparent aim to decrease the CFPB’s regulatory authority. On May 14, 2025, the CFPB proposed rescinding the “NBR Rule”...more
On May 23, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky received a status report from the defendants, the CFPB and Russell Vought, stating that the Bureau has determined the Section 1033 rule to be unlawful...more
On May 28, the CFPB filed a motion with the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky, requesting to stay proceedings in a case involving the Small Business Lending Rule. The CFPB made this request to undertake...more
The CFPB continues on its path to rescind what it considers to be unnecessary regulatory guidance, with two additional proposals recently published. First, the agency published an interim final rule on May 16, 2025, to...more
On May 16, the CFPB published a Federal Register notice withdrawing its COVID-19-era mortgage servicing protections for borrowers. The CFPB identified two reasons for rescinding this measure: first, the rule was intended to...more
On May 21, the CFPB published a notice in the Federal Register withdrawing its procedures that required state officials to notify the Bureau when taking action to enforce the CFPA. The direct final rule, effective July 21,...more
Directs the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to undergo structural, cultural, and regulatory reform to accelerate licensing timelines, reduce costs, and support rapid deployment of advanced nuclear technologies. Requires the NRC...more
On May 14, the CFPB issued a proposed rule to rescind recent amendments to its nonbank supervisory program. The amendments were designed to expand and formalize the Bureau’s process for subjecting nonbank covered persons to...more
In response to public feedback on compliance challenges, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently announced its intention to modify the National Primary Drinking Water Regulation (NPDWR) for six per- and...more
To keep you informed of recent activities, below are several of the most significant federal and state events that have influenced the Consumer Financial Services industry over the past week....more
In late April, US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin issued a press release announcing EPA’s anticipated policy platform for addressing per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in the...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) announced in a May 14th news release what it describes as an action that will “provide regulatory flexibility and holistically address” the perfluorooctanoic acid...more
On May 12, 2025, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced a sweeping withdrawal of 67 guidance documents issued since the CFPB’s inception, signaling a marked shift in its regulatory approach. This move...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
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
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
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
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
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) recently announced that it plans to revisit – and potentially revise – its controversial small business data collection rule implementing Section 1071 of the...more
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, the then-acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), emailed staff on February 3 directing employees to cease all rulemaking activities, delay the implementation of...more
In recent court filings in several ongoing lawsuits, the Department of Labor (DOL) has indicated that it will reconsider its 2024 independent contractor rule issued by the Biden Administration and may issue a new rule. The...more