The CFPB has released the Summer 2023 edition of Supervisory Highlights. The report discusses the Bureau’s examinations in the areas of auto origination and servicing, consumer reporting, debt collection, deposits, mortgage...more
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) on November 30, 2022, filed an amicus brief in the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, arguing that the United States District Court for the District of...more
In This Issue. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) continued to be active under its new leadership this week, warning mortgage servicers to prepare now for an anticipated surge of homeowners needing assistance...more
In a surprising move to many, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) recently put the mortgage servicing industry on notice that including certain options for repayment of a shortage in an escrow account statement...more
Welcome! Welcome to the new format of All Consuming . We listened to the feedback. A newsletter filled with long articles gives the detailed information some are looking for but becomes another thing that others have to...more
The CFPB has released the Winter 2020 edition of its Supervisory Highlights. The report discusses the Bureau’s examinations findings in the areas of debt collection, mortgage servicing, payday lending, and student loan...more
REAL PROPERTY UPDATE - Foreclosure/Loan Modification: foreclosing plaintiff was required to allege and prove default of loan modification agreement after trial court found the loan modification to be the operative...more
In its Summer 2016 Supervisory Highlights, which covers supervision work generally completed between January and April 2016, the CFPB highlights violations found by its examiners involving automobile origination, debt...more
The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act was enacted as a measure to promote financial stability and protection for consumers through increased regulation of nearly every aspect of the consumer finance...more
Increasingly in courts around the country, borrowers have attempted to transform the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA), along with its implementing regulation (Reg. X), into a “Gotcha!” device through which...more
Break out the short shorts everybody: it’s summer! We know you could use a palate cleanser between the 50 Shades novels and Game of Thrones wikis you’re reading on the beach. Supervisory Haiku-lights to the rescue! The Summer...more