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10 For 10: Top Compliance Stories For the Week Ending August 9, 2025
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Balch’s Consumer Finance Compass: How Standing Can Make or Break Certification for Class Action Lawsuits in Debt Collection
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Navigating Elder Fraud: Challenges and Legal Trends in Payment Systems — Payments Pros – The Payments Law Podcast
Regulatory Rollback: Inside the CFPB’s FCRA Guidance Withdrawal — The Consumer Finance Podcast
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Compliance Needs are Alive and Well: FTC's Recent Enforcement Activity
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State AG Pulse | A FAIR Go For NY Consumers
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HM Treasury (HMT) published a policy statement on the appointed representatives regime, setting out how it proposes to adjust the appointed representative (AR) legislative framework to provide further needed protection for...more
A Shifting Landscape From Federal to State Leadership - Over the past two years, federal efforts to regulate artificial intelligence (AI) have taken two sharply different paths, first toward structured oversight under the...more
Over the past few years, one of the more noteworthy types of new financial services rules at the state level has been the so-called fair access to banking law. Concerns about ideological debanking have gained political...more
The GENIUS Act: Key Developments for Digital Assets The Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins Act (the GENIUS Act) is the first comprehensive federal statute to regulate payment stablecoins in the...more
The New York State Legislature recently passed the Fostering Affordability and Integrity through Reasonable Business Practices Act (“FAIR Act”), a sweeping update to New York’s consumer fraud statute (GBL § 349)—the first in...more
In a landmark move, President Trump signed the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins Act (GENIUS Act). This bipartisan bill establishes the first comprehensive federal framework for stablecoin...more
The Product Regulation and Metrology Act 2025 reforms the UK's post-Brexit product safety, metrology, and consumer protection frameworks....more
On July 18, the GENIUS Act (the Act) was signed into law by President Donald Trump. According to a fact sheet released by the White House, the legislation aims to position the United States as a leader in the development of...more
On June 18, 2025, the New York Legislature passed the Fostering Affordability and Integrity through Reasonable (FAIR) Business Practices Act (the “FAIR Act”). This significant legislation marks the most substantial update to...more
President Donald Trump on July 4, 2025, signed into law the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBB), sweeping legislation that has direct impacts on the future of the CFPB. The final bill reduces the CFPB's operating budget from 12...more
On June 3, 2025, lawmakers introduced the Supporting Accessible, Flexible, and Effective (SAFE) Sunscreen Standards Act in the U.S. House of Representatives, aiming to bring U.S. sunscreen regulations in line with scientific...more
To keep you informed of recent activities, below are several of the most significant federal and state events that have influenced the Consumer Financial Services industry over the past week....more
The budget bill signed by President Trump on July 4 will make massive cuts to the CFPB’s budget. The huge bill changes the amount that the CFPB may receive from the Federal Reserve from a maximum of 12% of the Fed’s...more
The administration of anesthesia in dental offices across North Carolina is under heightened scrutiny. A series of tragic patient deaths, public advocacy, and legislative interest have prompted the North Carolina State Board...more
On June 23, Oregon enacted SB 605, barring medical-debt information from appearing in consumer credit reports. The measure, which amends the Oregon Unlawful Trade Practices Act, takes effect January 1, 2026....more
On June 20, Texas Governor Greg Abbot signed into law HB 700, adding Chapter 398 to the Texas Finance Code. Effective September 1, the statute establishes a regulatory framework for commercial sales-based financing and...more
On June 26, the governor of Rhode Island signed into law S0169, which amends the state’s deceptive trade practices laws to prohibit credit reporting agencies from reporting a consumer’s medical debt. The law also bars filing...more
As the federal government scales back certain consumer protection and enforcement initiatives, state attorneys general and legislatures are rapidly filling the void — introducing new legislation, launching enforcement actions...more
Budget reconciliation bill H.R.1, the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” currently pending in the U.S. Senate, originally included not only tax and spending provisions but also a proposed multi-year pause on state and local...more
The 2025 Virginia General Assembly session concluded in May. During this term, legislators passed a variety of bills that will impact financial services. The more significant legislation is summarized below...more
Following an incident at a medical spa showcasing the dangers of the unlicensed practice of medicine in nontraditional medical settings, Texas has enacted a bill that will place the first set of regulatory requirements on...more
If tracking AI legislation is giving you whiplash, you’re not the only one....more
Until this date, five different class actions regimes applied to consumer protection, antitrust, public health, discrimination, data protection, and environmental law. Each of these regimes had its own specificities...more
Over the past few years, we’ve seen a wave of consumer lawsuits filed under Florida’s Consumer Collection Practices Act (FCCPA), many of them alleging violations of the law’s “quiet hours” provision based solely on the timing...more
New York AG Letitia James announced that the state legislature passed an amended version of the Fostering Affordability and Integrity through Reasonable Business Practices Act (FAIR Business Practices Act), which expands the...more