This report is a bite-size version of our annual year in review, providing timely insights on trends. In the first half of 2025, the Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) industry continued to face a meaningful threat of class-action...more
With the rapid rise of nonbank financial product and service companies in an everchanging marketplace, there is growing concern that nonbanks will evade federal oversight. To keep pace with these changes, the Consumer...more
The year 2020 was a tumultuous one given the unexpected COVID-19 pandemic, particularly for the mortgage lending and servicing industry. In response to sudden stay-at-home orders and a sharp drop in employment rates, federal...more
4/2/2021
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CARES Act ,
Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) ,
Consumer Litigation ,
Government Agencies ,
Litigation Fees & Costs ,
Mortgage Lenders ,
Mortgage Servicers ,
Mortgages ,
Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
State and Local Government ,
State Regulators
SEC Bars Perpetrator of Initial Coin Offering Fraud -
On August 14, 2018, the SEC obtained permanent officer-and-director and penny stocks bars against David T. Laurance of Tomahawk Exploration LLC (“Tomahawk”), who...more
8/23/2018
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Australia ,
Austria ,
Bitcoin ,
Blockchain ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Digital Currency ,
Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Financial Instruments ,
Financial Markets ,
Initial Coin Offering (ICOs) ,
Jamaica ,
Japan ,
Popular ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Saudi Arabia ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
South Africa ,
Token Sales ,
Virtual Currency