[co-authors: Amelie Hopkins, and Collin Grier] The year 2021 started with the hope of COVID-19 vaccines and a return to (relative) normalcy, only to conclude with new variants that presented new challenges and extended...more
Several industry updates that affect manufactured housing either take effect October 1, 2020, or will be unveiled sometime later this month. Detailed below is a summary of recent developments....more
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit recently addressed both the timing and scope of “prior express consent” under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”). The plaintiff in Stephen M. Hill v. Homeward...more
Even though the loan originator compensation rule (the “Final Rule” or “Rule”) finalized by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB” or “Bureau”) in January passed without as much fanfare as the Bureau’s Qualified...more
The CFPB has issued rules to prevent mortgage lenders from steering borrowers into risky and high-cost loans. According to the CFPB, the rules ban certain incentives that loan originators had to sell unsafe loans to consumers...more