Business Better Podcast Episode: Bridging Campuses: Legal Insights on Education Industry Consolidation – Privacy and Data Security
CFPB's Inquiry Into Payments Privacy — Payments Pros – The Payments Law Podcast
On May 8, 2025, the governor of Montana signed into law SB 297, which amends the Montana Consumer Data Privacy Act (MCDPA). The amendments become effective on October 1, 2025. Among other things, SB 297: • amends the...more
Like a health inspection sticker in a restaurant’s front window, a GLBA privacy notice must provide clear and conspicuous disclosures about a financial institution’s practices relating to nonpublic personal information (NPI)....more
Orrick Partner Beth McGinn joins RegFi co-hosts Jerry Buckley and Sasha Leonhardt for our second episode focused on the proposed American Privacy Rights Act and its potential impact on the financial services industry. Beth...more
The financial technology (“Fintech”) industry has boomed over the last decade, from the rise of mobile payment apps, robo-advisers, lending platforms, consumer-friendly brokerages to cryptocurrency trading platforms. By their...more
Bank Regulator Outlines Vision for Bank-Like Supervisory Regime for Crypto and Fintech Firms - On November 3, 2021, Acting Comptroller of the Currency Michael J. Hsu discussed clarifying and modernizing the bank...more
Until now, companies primarily regulated by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) were given only vague directives to implement systems sufficient to safeguard customer data, coupled with FTC “recommendations” as to best...more
Purpose and Background of the GLBA - The Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (“GLBA”), also known as the Financial Services Modernization Act of 1999, is a federal statute enacted by Congress in 1999 that requires financial...more
The Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA) is a federal law that establishes various legal requirements for companies that qualify as “financial institutions” under the Act. The GLBA’s definition of a “financial institution” is...more
An oft-used business management concept is to “hire people smarter than you.” The concept also applies to hiring vendors – hire vendors that are better than you (especially when it comes to information security). ...more
With one eye on the New York Department of Financial Services (“NYDFS”) cybersecurity rules and the other on two of its own Commissioners who dissented, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) has proposed a sweeping overhaul to...more
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s recent report evaluating economic opportunities presented by nonbank financial institution and fintech company innovations includes a detailed account of current data aggregation...more