A New World for Mortgage Banking – What You Need to Know About the CFPB’s Final Mortgage Servicing Rules
On January 17, the CFPB published a blog post highlighting the resurgence of “zombie” second mortgages — instances where homeowners thought their second mortgage had been modified along with their first mortgage, discharged...more
So what happened at the CFPB in the past month? Bite #10 - The CFPB celebrated 10 years. On July 19, Americans for Financial Reform (AFR) invited CFPB Acting Director Dave Uejio to speak at a celebration of the...more
Each month, we host a 30-minute webinar outlining the month's key announcements and takeaways from the CFPB to be considered by financial services providers. In this first article in the series, we share our top "bites"...more
Financial Services Update - Title Insurance Coverage: where an accurate survey would have shown that seller had abandoned access and parking easement, which had been built upon by a neighbor, title insurer had no duty to...more
Real Property Update - Foreclosure / Res Judicata: res judicata did not apply where later foreclosure action was based on different period of default than the prior action on same loan - Bullock v. Bayview Loan Servicing,...more
REAL PROPERTY UPDATE - Receiver/Barton Doctrine: individual could not bring negligence action against discharged receiver of commercial property until individual first obtained leave to do so from the court that appointed...more
Foreclosure: general reservation of jurisdiction in a foreclosure judgment is very limited, and certainly does not give trial court jurisdiction to eliminate a lien more than three years after Final Judgment of Foreclosure...more
On June 9, 2016, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released its semi-annual regulatory agenda for Spring 2016. The agenda identifies the CFPB’s priorities through April 2017. While it does not include any major...more
BELTWAY - Every Last Penny Counts - Five federal banking agencies issued a Supervisory Bulletin titled “Interagency Guidance Regarding Deposit Reconciliation Practices” (the “Guidance”). The Guidance outlines...more
The CFPB has always said that one of its key missions is to level the playing field for bank and non-bank consumer financial services providers. CFPB Director Richard Cordray, when still only the Assistant Director of...more
This update analyzes the trends and patterns in the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s publicly available enforcement actions. Leveraging the analysis in our December 2014 White Paper, CFPB Enforcement by the Numbers...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
This will be a busy year at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), and that certainly means it will be a busy year for financial institutions as well. In addition to exercising its supervisory and enforcement...more
In This Issue: - Recent Cases ..RESPA ..FDCPA ..TCPA ..FCCPA & FDCPA ..TILA - In The News ..CFPB to Begin Collecting Complaints Regarding Prepaid Cards ..CFPB Proposes Letting...more
In This Issue: - Recent Cases ..Dodd-Frank Prohibition on Arbitration ..Statutory Damages Under TILA ..Preemption ..Declaratory Relief ..HAMP Claims ..Constitutional Challenge to...more