On April 22, the United States Department of Justice announced an ongoing multi-agency, multi-jurisdictional offensive targeting hundreds of online scams and phishing, spoofing, and malware schemes related to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.1 Only days earlier, however, on April 20, the Supreme Court of the United States agreed to review an unrelated case brought
INSIGHT: Georgia Supreme Court Adds to Patchwork of State Data Privacy Laws
Weighing in on a conflict that
CFPB Extends Compliance Deadline For Controversial Payday Lending Rule
On June 10, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued a final rule extending the compliance deadline for key provisions of its controversial Payday Lending Rule. The new compliance deadline is November 19, 2020, but the CFPB – despite sharp criticism from consumer advocates and leading Democrats – is expected to rescind the most controversial