Hooper, Kearney and Macklin on Cutting Edge Topics in the False Claims Act
The CFPB on April 30, 2025, filed a joint stipulation to dismiss its appeal pending before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit regarding an agency policy that expands the scope of antidiscrimination oversight....more
The American Bankers Association (ABA) has issued a new white paper, “Effective Agency Guidance: Examining Bank Regulators’ Guidance Practices,” that is intended to help agencies issue guidance that complies with legal...more
Ballard Spahr Senior Counsel Alan S. Kaplinsky and Mark J. Levin, and David Sherwyn, Professor of Law at Cornell University’s School of Hotel Administration, today submitted lengthy comments to the Consumer Financial...more
The CFPB is now accepting petitions for agency action submitted directly by members of the American public, according to a press release and a new portal that was opened on February 16, 2022. In support of this change, the...more
On June 4, 2020, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) issued proposed rules and changes to the Truth in Lending Act (“TILA”) to address the anticipated sunset of the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) at the...more
The CFPB has published a notice and request for comments seeking information to inform its consideration of possible changes to its rule on remittance transfers. Comments are due by June 28, 2019. The RFI sets forth a series...more
The comment period for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (“CFPB”) proposed Policy on No-Action Letters and the CFPB Product Sandbox concluded on February 11. As anticipated, the proposal received extensive...more
On February 6, 2019, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) released a proposed rescission of the 2017 “Payday, Vehicle Title, and Certain High-Cost Installment Loans” final rule (Payday Rule), along with a...more
Since its creation in 2011, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) has exercised its broad authority to regulate a wide swath of the consumer financial services industry. While the CFPB has the authority to engage...more
A bipartisan bill, House Resolution 1737, which the U.S. House of Representatives will be voting on this week, seeks to nullify the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB’s) guidance to indirect auto lenders....more
On October 7, 2015, the CFPB announced its proposals regarding arbitration agreements in consumer financial product contracts. In a move that has plaintiffs’ class action lawyers cheering, the CFPB proposes to require...more