After years of pandemic-era forbearance programs, emergency moratoriums, and historically low foreclosure volumes, the mortgage market is undergoing a meaningful…
Yesterday, President Trump signed an Executive Order titled “Integrating Financial Technology Innovation into Regulatory Frameworks.” The Order directs federal financial regulators to review and streamline regulations, guidance, supervisory…
On May 12, the Colorado legislature passed Senate Bill 26‑189, a substantial rewrite of its 2024 law establishing consumer protections for artificial intelligence (formerly referred to as the CO…
Delaware is positioning itself at the center of digital asset and stablecoin innovation with a coordinated package of legislation aimed at modernizing its banking code and creating a comprehensive framework…
Statistics for May 2026 consumer litigation filings are in, and the picture is essentially the reverse of April. After all three major consumer protection statutes posted month-over-month increases in April…
On June 25, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit issued a decision affirming summary judgment in favor of a consumer reporting agency (CRA) that allegedly issued an…
The Consumer Data Industry Association (CDIA) and the Metro 2 Task Force announced that they have approved a new Special Comment Code, DS — Debt Settlement, in response to industry…
Statistics for May 2026 consumer litigation filings are in, and the picture is essentially the reverse of April. After all three major consumer protection statutes posted month-over-month increases in April…
The New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) recently published new compliance resources for its amended debt collection regulations, known as the SHIELD Rule, which are scheduled…
Statistics for April consumer litigation filings are in, and, for the first time in over a year, all three of the top consumer protection statutes moved up month-over-month. According to…
After years of pandemic-era forbearance programs, emergency moratoriums, and historically low foreclosure volumes, the mortgage market is undergoing a meaningful correction. Foreclosure activity is rising steadily across the country, and…
On June 25, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking that would significantly update and clarify its regulations governing the disclosure of confidential information, including…
On June 17, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) officially rescinded its December 2020 advisory opinion on special purpose credit programs (SPCPs) under Regulation B, which implements the…
On June 25, Illinois Governor JB Pritzker signed into law the Buy-Now-Pay-Later Loan Consumer Protection Act, establishing a licensing and regulatory framework for buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) lenders operating in Illinois.
On July 1, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) published a proposed policy statement addressing whether AI companies that steer their systems’ outputs toward undisclosed ideological objectives, rather than toward the…
On June 25, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking that would significantly update and clarify its regulations governing the disclosure of confidential information, including…
Statistics for May 2026 consumer litigation filings are in, and the picture is essentially the reverse of April. After all three major consumer protection statutes posted month-over-month increases in April…
Statistics for April consumer litigation filings are in, and, for the first time in over a year, all three of the top consumer protection statutes moved up month-over-month. According to…
On May 21, a panel of the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals heard argument in Steidinger v. Blackstone Medical Services on whether text messages are covered as “telephone calls” in…