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NYC Comptroller Requested Stronger Protections for New Yorkers Amidst Attenuated CFPB Authority

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New York City Comptroller Brad Lander released a report titled “Standing Up for New York Consumers – How New York State and New York City can Strengthen Consumer Financial Protection in the Trump Era,” which called for the...more

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California Dreamin': The Golden State Launches New Mini-CFPB

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Amid wildfires and viral plague, a new consumer protection agency rises in the West: The California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (DFPI). Holland & Knight recently noted that a bill was pending on...more

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Vermont exempts bank partners from loan solicitation license for commercial loans

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We have been following closely efforts by state regulators, state legislatures and the courts to restrict, or in some cases prohibit, bank model lending programs, so the recent guidance from the Vermont Department of...more

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The Maryland Financial Consumer Protection Act of 2018 significantly increases state regulation

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Noting, among other things, “retrenchment” on the federal level, the Maryland Financial Consumer Protection Act of 2018 (HB 1634) was signed into law on May 15, 2018. ...more

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CA on the verge of requiring commercial finance disclosures

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It appears likely that California Governor Jerry Brown will sign a bill passed on August 31 by the state’s Senate, Senate Bill 1235, which would create consumer-style disclosure requirements for certain commercial loans and...more

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Student loan servicers seek to clarify federal preemption of state student loan servicing regulations in suit to enjoin...

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The Student Loan Servicing Alliance, a trade group representing student loan servicers, has sued the District of Columbia to enjoin the operation of Law 21-214, the Student Loan Ombudsman Establishment and Servicing...more

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State AGs urge rejection of bill to preempt state regulation of federal student loan servicers

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A bipartisan coalition of 30 state attorneys general led by New York AG Eric Schneiderman and Colorado AG Cynthia Coffman have sent a letter to members of Congress urging them to reject a proposed amendment to the Higher...more

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Education Dept. says state student loan servicing laws are preempted

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In response to the wave of new state student loan servicing laws and enforcement activity, the U.S. Department of Education has published an interpretation emphasizing that the Higher Education Act (HEA) preempts state...more

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Ohio Residential Mortgage Lending Act Takes Effect Next Week

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The Ohio Residential Mortgage Lending Act (ORMLA) becomes effective on March 23, 2018. Passed in December 2017 (H.B. 199), the ORMLA consolidates the regulation and licensing of first- and subordinate-lien mortgage loans into...more

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Wisconsin Using the NMLS Uniform Authorized Agent Reporting

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On February 1, 2018, the Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions started using the NMLS Uniform Authorized Agent Reporting (UAAR) functionality to fulfill agent reporting requirements....more

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New York Attorney General Expresses Support for Student Loan Servicing Legislation

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Earlier this week New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman sent a letter to select state legislators adding his backing to the creation of a licensing regime in New York for student loan servicing, similar to what has been...more

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Texas Amends Definition of "Physical Office" for Mortgage Pros

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The Texas Finance Commission of Texas amended and simplified the definition of “physical office” to mean “an actual office where the business of mortgage lending and/or the business of taking or soliciting residential...more

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D.C. belatedly releases Bill of Rights for student loan borrowers

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The District of Columbia Student Loan Ombudsman Establishment and Servicing Regulation Act of 2016 (Servicing Act) became effective February 18, 2017. The Servicing Act set an October 1 deadline for the Student Loan...more

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