News & Analysis as of August 16, 2025

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The term "mortgage" typically refers to a mortgage loan. A mortgage loan is a financing instrument where an individual or business borrows money to purchase property (usually real property) and... more +

Florida Secures Order Blocking Enforcement of Real Estate Agreements

Cozen O'Connor on 2/21/2025

Florida Attorney General’s Office has secured a permanent injunction against MV Realty PBC, LLC and affiliates (collectively, “MV Realty”) prohibiting it from enforcing certain real estate agreements that the court concluded...more

Fall 2017 Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Update

Burr & Forman on 10/26/2017

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB” or “Bureau”) is a U.S. government agency created by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. The CFPB is the first federal agency tasked solely with the...more

Your Daily Dose of Financial News

Robins Kaplan LLP on 7/26/2017

A government audit report out yesterday accuses the US Dep’t of Housing and Urban Development of selling more than 100k distressed mortgages over a 7 year period to PE firms and hedge funds without following the proper rules...more

Director Cordray continues to doubt that safety and soundness concerns are raised by the final arbitration rule

Ballard Spahr LLP on 7/19/2017

The letter-writing war between Director Cordray and Acting Comptroller Keith Noreika continues. Director Cordray sent a letter dated July 18, 2017 to Acting Comptroller Noreika in which he purports to respond to Acting...more

Financial Services Weekly News - July 2017

Goodwin on 7/13/2017

Editor's Note - Fireworks After the July 4th Holiday. On July 10, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued the highly anticipated final Arbitration Rule, which prohibits the use of mandatory arbitration...more

CFPB’s Proposed Rule Banning Use of Pre-Dispute Arbitration Agreements to Block Consumer Class Actions Signals New Wave of Class...

Carlton Fields on 7/25/2016

On May 5, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) published a proposed rule which would prohibit application of pre-dispute arbitration agreements to class litigation involving a broad range of consumer...more

CFPB releases Spring 2016 rulemaking agenda

Ballard Spahr LLP on 5/23/2016

The CFPB has released its Spring 2016 rulemaking agenda. The agenda sets the following timetables for key rulemaking initiatives: Arbitration. The Spring 2016 agenda does not reflect the CFPB’s release of its proposed...more

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