Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: How to Use the Restatement of Consumer Contracts - A Guide for Judges
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: “Accidental Arbitration” -- A New Theory that Would Rein in Consumer Arbitration Clauses and the Scope of the FAA
OK at Work: Navigating Customer Terms and Usage
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: A Look at the FTC’s Click-to-Cancel Rule, with James Kohm, Associate Director of Enforcement Division of the FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: A Look at a New Approach to Consumer Contracts
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: Reasons Why the CFPB Should Deny the Petition for Rulemaking on Post-Dispute Consumer Arbitration Agreements
As part of our AG webinar series, we had the opportunity to speak with consumer protection enforcers from the State of Hawaii. Our guests—Christopher J.I. Leong, Supervising Deputy Attorney General in the Commerce and...more
The FTC has sued Fitness International, LLC and Fitness & Sports Clubs, LLC—the operators of “LA Fitness”—alleging that the gyms have made it extremely difficult for consumers to cancel memberships and recurring charges in...more
Last week, the Massachusetts Attorney General’s office released a webinar and business guidance to help companies comply with upcoming regulations on junk fees and negative option contracts. The webinar and guidance cover a...more
Labor Law Poster Service, formerly Mandatory Poster Agency, was recently ordered to pay more than $8.2 million in penalties and restitution following a lawsuit brought by the Washington state attorney general’s (AG) office....more
Financial services companies may feel relief from the aggressive federal oversight and regulation that defined the past decade. However, regulatory risk has not disappeared—it has shifted. ...more
The landscape of consumer financial services is shifting, driven by a broader deregulatory trend at the federal level. In this environment, companies must still address federal consumer financial law compliance and navigate a...more
Florida Attorney General’s Office has secured a permanent injunction against MV Realty PBC, LLC and affiliates (collectively, “MV Realty”) prohibiting it from enforcing certain real estate agreements that the court concluded...more
In July, 2024, the Connecticut Attorney General filed suit alleging that certain solar panel installers had violated the Connecticut Unfair Trade Practices Act (“CUTPA”) by: - engaging in conduct that violates public...more
Washington Attorney General (AG) Bob Ferguson prevailed in his lawsuit against a plastic surgery practice, Allure Esthetic, and its owner, Dr. Javad A. Sajan (collectively, the company), alleging violations of the federal...more
Michigan Attorney General (AG) Dana Nessel filed a lawsuit seeking injunctive relief and dissolution of several limited liability companies owned by John and Michele Church. The Churches’ companies have allegedly violated the...more