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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

After the Supreme Court Judgement – What’s Next for Motor Finance Claims in the UK?

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The types of consumer credit arrangements at issue in all of the relevant motor finance cases are “three-cornered” transactions. Motor dealers would offer a car for sale, which a member of the public would then see and wish...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

UK Proposes New Approach To Regulate ‘Buy Now, Pay Later’ Market Amid Rising Consumer Debt Concerns

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In the UK, 14 million people used “buy now, pay later” (BNPL) at least once in the six months leading up to January 2023. Frequent users were more than four times as likely as other consumers to have missed a payment on a...more

Bennett Jones LLP

Canadian Government (Finally) Provides Certainty on Criminal Interest Rates

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As we have reported in prior blogs, the Government of Canada is moving forward with plans to lower the criminal interest rate to an annual percentage rate (APR) of 35 percent (the current criminal interest rate, being an...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

New Landmark Consumer Disclosure Rules Trigger Privacy Concerns

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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s new “Know Before You Owe” mortgage disclosure rule is designed to prevent surprises at the closing table, but with increased transparency come concerns over borrower and seller...more

Burr & Forman

PHH Wins Stay of $109M CFPB Enforcement Penalty

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On August 5, 2015, PHH Corp. (“PHH”) won a stay of the $109M penalty handed down by Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) director Rich Cordray. Cordray’s aggressive legal reasoning and the harsh penalties he imposed,...more

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