The fourth quarter of 2023 has seen significant proposed rulemaking from regulators. Just over a week after the Federal Trade Commission issued its Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on its “junk fees” rule, the Consumer Financial...more
This coming term, the Supreme Court of the United States will hear arguments over the validity of a federal regulation that has stymied payment processors in recent years. In 2017, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau...more
AGG’s Government Investigations Team Insights provides periodic updates covering legal and regulatory topics.
In this edition, we discuss recent criticism of the Justice Department’s use of “taint teams” to review...more
The first full year of the Biden Administration has seen an overhaul of the leadership of executive agencies, coupled with an intense focus on how big business affects the United States economy. ...more
On January 18, 2021, President Biden appointed Federal Trade Commissioner Rohit Chopra to direct the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). The CFPB was created through the Dodd-Frank Act in 2010 and began to operate...more
1. With Wage and Hour Rules in Flux, Employers Need to Remain Vigilant -
Expanding wage and hour obligations will continue to be a top concern for employers in 2017. As most employers are aware, in May 2016, the United...more
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Beginning in earnest in 2013, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) began to exert pressure on the payments industry—including payment card processors and independent sales organizations (“ISOs”)—to stamp out businesses...more
Even for companies accustomed to civil lawsuits, when the government is on the other side of the “v,” the prospect of litigation can be intimidating and unfamiliar. In this issue of the Litigation Newsletter, we explore how...more