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10 For 10: Top Compliance Stories For the Week Ending August 9, 2025
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Understanding BBB Ratings: Building Trust and Mitigating Risks — Regulatory Oversight Podcast
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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
Cruising Through Change: The Auto-Finance Industry’s New Era Under Trump Unveiled — Moving the Metal: The Auto Finance Podcast
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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In this special crossover episode between Moving the Metal and The Consumer Finance Podcast, Brooke Conkle, Chris Capurso, and Chris Willis analyze the first 100 days of the second Trump administration, focusing on its impact...more
Since our last report on what is happening with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) during this administration, we have seen the Trump nominee for Director of the CFPB retracted from consideration in front of...more
AGG’s Government Investigations Team Insights provides periodic updates covering legal and regulatory topics. Our team, which includes former federal prosecutors, SEC enforcement attorneys, and federal agency attorneys, has...more
On May 15, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued an interpretive rule that rescinded a May 2022 interpretive rule regarding the extent of states’ enforcement authority under Section 1042 of the Consumer...more
During the first Trump Administration, in response to federal financial agencies adopting a deregulatory approach, several states became more active in the enforcement of consumer financial statutes and regulations to fill...more
On May 19, President Trump signed into law the Take It Down Act to prevent and deter online publication of nonconsensual intimate images, including artificial intelligence (AI) deepfakes and “revenge” pornographic content. In...more
Consistent with President Trump’s de-regulatory agenda, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) is withdrawing over five dozen of its guidance documents, including interpretive rules, advisory opinions, and...more
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Since the start of President Trump’s second administration, some State Attorneys General (AGs) have actively responded to executive orders and policy directives, including by initiating legal challenges in federal courts. Now...more
IN THE NEWS AND LATEST UPDATES - What’s Next at FTC Following Firings of Democratic Commissioners? It’s been a week since the Trump administration fired FTC Commissioners Slaughter and Bedoya because their “continued service...more
In this episode of his "Clearly Conspicuous" podcast series, consumer protection attorney Anthony DiResta delves into recent leadership changes at the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). Mr. DiResta explores the legal...more
On March 31, 2025, the White House announced that President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order designed “to protect fans from exploitative ticket scalping and bring commonsense reforms to America’s live entertainment...more
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On March 18, President Trump removed the two Democratic Commissioners at the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), a move that sets up litigation as the Commissioners appear likely to challenge their removal. Pending any...more
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