On September 15, 2020, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) announced that it had filed a proposed stipulated judgment against a Delaware statutory trust after a settlement agreement was reached between the trust...more
On September 14, 2020, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) announced that it had entered into a consent order with a mortgage broker and lender that advertises and offers mortgage loans guaranteed by the United...more
In This Issue. The Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) issued a Risk Alert about the scope and content of examinations OCIE plans to conduct of various...more
6/26/2020
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In This Issue. The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Federal Reserve) expanded access to its Paycheck Protection Program Liquidity Facility (PPPLF) to non-bank lenders and expanded the collateral eligible to...more
5/7/2020
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In This Issue. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) released supplemental question and answer materials clarifying certain aspects of the application process for deposit insurance; the Consumer Financial...more
EDITOR'S NOTE -
In This Issue. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA) explained how state and federal securities laws might apply to fundraising for...more
Editor's Note -
The Legacy of the Government Shutdown Lives On. The federal government shutdown is finally over, at least temporarily. However, its legacy lives on as federal financial regulators must now deal with the...more
On January 16, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and the State of New York announced that they had filed a consent order in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.to settle allegations...more
On December 6, 2018, the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (“CFPB”) announced that it had entered into a consent order with a federal savings association headquartered in Bloomington, Ill. According to the consent...more
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SEC Administrative Law Judge Appointments Are Subject to the Appointments Clause. On June 21, in a majority opinion in Lucia v. SEC delivered by Justice Elena Kagan, the United States Supreme Court held that...more
On June 13, 2018, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau? (CFPB) annou?nced its settlement with a South Carolina corporation and its subsidiaries over allegations that the companies engaged in improper debt collection and...more
On August 17, 2017, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) announced that it filed a complaint ?and proposed settlement ?against an Oregon private equity firm and related entities for aiding a post-secondary...more
On June 27, 2017, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced? that it filed two complaints and proposed final judgments against four California-based credit repair companies for misleading consumers and...more
On March 15, 2017, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) entered into a consent order with national nonbank mortgage lender that requires the lender to pay a $1.75 million civil monetary penalty to resolve alleged...more