PODCAST: Williams Mullen's Gavels & Gowns - Responding to Borrower Defense to Repayment Applications
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: The U.S. Supreme Court’s Decision Invalidating the Biden Administration’s Student Loan Forgiveness Plan and its Potential Legal Repercussions
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: SCOTUS Hears Oral Argument in Cases Challenging Biden Administration Student Loan Forgiveness Plan: Observations and Predictions
Two Federal Courts Deal Blow to Biden Administration’s Federal Student Loan Forgiveness Program: A Close Look at the Decisions
Law School Toolbox Podcast Episode 361: Student Loan Repayment (w/Derek Brainard of AccessLex Institute)
A Deep Dive into the Debate Over Federal Student Loan Forgiveness
Applying for PPP Loan Before March 31st Deadline
Paycheck Protection Program – Common Questions and Updated Guidance
COVID-19 Relief in 2021: What Small Businesses Need to Know
PPP Loan Recipients at Risk: Part Three
When Is Form 1099-C Required of Lenders? [More with McGlinchey, Ep. 16]
PPP Loan Recipients at Risk: Part One
Employment Law Now IV-85- Updates on the PPP Loan Process and Loan Forgiveness
Law Brief: Elishama Rudolph and Rich Schoenstein Talk PPP Loan Forgiveness
On-Demand Webinar | PPP Loan Forgiveness: Employment and Tax Issues for Borrowers
Law Brief: CARES Act Relief for Small Businesses
Williams Mullen's COVID-19 Comeback Plan: Preparing Today for Tomorrow's PPP Audit
False Claims Act Implications for PPP and Disaster Relief Loans: What Small Businesses Should Be Ready For
Buying or Selling a Business that Borrowed a PPP Loan
Williams Mullen's COVID-19 Comeback Plan: Conducting Reductions in Force Post COVID-19
Welcome to the “Student Lending” chapter of our annual report, Consumer Financial Services: 2024 Year in Review. Regulators will likely continue to focus on junk fees and purported deceptive or nontransparent practices...more
A federal judge has issued a temporary injunction against Superior Servicing and its operator Dennise Merdjanian, following FTC allegations that the company claimed to be affiliated with the Department of Education, collected...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
On December 9, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced it received a temporary restraining order against a student loan servicer over allegations the servicer and its operator misled consumers into thinking...more
On June 28, the FTC announced an enforcement action against a student loan debt relief operation that allegedly took over $20.3 million from consumers by falsely claiming affiliation with the Department of Education and...more
On February 6, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) filed two proposed stipulated orders with a California federal court to permanently ban student debt relief companies as well as their individual operators. The...more
The FTC settled with SL Finance LLC and its owners, and separately with BCO Consulting Services Inc. and SLA Consulting Services Inc. and their owners, to resolve allegations that the entities and individuals violated the FTC...more
On June 14, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that it will be providing over $3.3 million in payments to consumers who fell victim to the deceptive practices of Arete Financial Group (“Arete Financial”), a...more
Recent Consent Order Issued by the DFPI Against Student Loan Relief Company - On February 28, 2023, the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (DFPI) announced that it has entered into a Consent Order...more
The United States continues to face an unprecedented health care staffing shortage at the end of 2022. As a result, we have seen a recent increase in federal and state legislative activity focusing on addressing these...more
Welcome to Wiley’s update on recent developments and what’s next in consumer protection at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC). In this newsletter, we analyze recent regulatory...more
Subprime Auto Loan Company Settles Allegations It Turned Blind Eye to Shady Car Dealers - Massachusetts AG Maura Healey reached a settlement with subprime automobile finance company United Auto Credit Corporation (“UACC”) to...more
The Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) was created on March 27, 2020 as part of the first COVID-19 relief package. Over the past year, Congress appropriated almost $700 billion to the PPP in an effort to provide forgivable...more
State AGs in the News- Former New Hampshire Attorney General Confirmed as Chief Justice of the State Supreme Court- •Former New Hampshire AG Gordon MacDonald was confirmed to be the chief justice of the state Supreme...more
2020 brought the COVID-19 pandemic and other headline-grabbing challenges, along with “the usual” quadrennial questions around the U.S. election. Early in the year, businesses and dealmakers focused on the pandemic and...more
In This Issue. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) finalized its “Madden fix,” establishing a rule that codifies the “valid when made” principle for nationally chartered banks; the Securities and Exchange...more
U.S. and Chinese trade negotiators are “laying the groundwork for a delay of a fresh round of tariffs set to kick in on Dec. 15” as the countries continue to work through how a Chinese promise to make huge ag purchases from...more