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Navigating the New Consumer Financial Services Landscape: Enforcement, Compliance, and Litigation Risks

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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

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CFPB's Proposed Rule Targets Consumer Financial Contracts

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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued a proposed rule under Regulation AA to address the use of restrictive and coercive clauses in consumer financial contracts. This proposal seeks to prohibit terms in...more

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CFPB Introduces New Rule Banning Certain Contractual Provisions in Consumer Financial Agreements

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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) proposed a new rule aimed at banning certain contractual provisions in agreements for consumer financial products or services. The CFPB’s proposal targets certain...more

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Mind the Fine Print: CFPB Warns Against Use of Unenforceable Terms and Conditions

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In a move that underscores the importance of clarity and accuracy in consumer-facing terms and conditions, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau recently issued Circular 2024-03, addressing the use of unlawful or...more

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Contract Terms and Conditions Come Under CFPB Scrutiny

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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) has issued a circular warning covered persons that including unlawful or unenforceable terms and conditions in consumer contracts can violate the prohibition on...more

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CFPB issues UDAAP guidance on contracts for consumer financial products and services

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On June 4, 2024, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) issued a Consumer Financial Protection Circular 2024-03 (“Circular”) warning that the use of unlawful or unenforceable terms and conditions in contracts for...more

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Will Mariner Finance Decision Lead State Regulators to Bring CFPA Claims?

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A lengthy decision recently issued by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania by Shapiro v. Mariner Fin., LLC, No. CV 22-3253, 2024 WL 169654 (E.D. Pa. Jan. 12, 2024) (Hodge, J.), may...more

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Nissan Becomes Most Recent Target of CFPB Ire: Auto Finance Company Enters into $4 Million Consent Order for Alleged Unlawful...

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On October 13, 2020, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (the “CFPB”) announced that it entered into a consent order (the “Order”) with Nissan Motor Acceptance Corporation (“Nissan”) to resolve allegations that the auto...more

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BCFP Files Proposed Stipulated Final Judgment with Nevada Mortgage Company Over Misrepresentations

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On December 6, 2018, the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (“CFPB”) announced that two days earlier it had filed a complain?t and stipulated final judgment and order against a Nevada-based non-bank mortgage company in...more

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CFPB Enters Consent Order with Lead Aggregator For Steering Consumers to Illegal Loans

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On September 6, 2017, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced that it had entered into a consent order with a lead aggregator over claims the aggregator steered consumers towards lenders who offered...more

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