Daily Compliance News: July 22, 2025, The I-9 Hell Edition
FCPA Compliance Report: Ethical Challenges in AI, Data Protection, and Sports with Andre Paris
Compliance into the Weeds: Boeing’s New Safety Initiatives and Compliance Reforms
Great Women in Compliance – Compliance is the Floor, Ethics is the Ceiling with Ellen Hunt
Great Women in Compliance: Creating Space to Speak Up: The Story Behind Psst.org
Hidden Fees in the Live-Event Ticketing and Short-Term Lodging Industries
Digital Planning Podcast Episode: Estate Planning and the Corporate Transparency Act
Episode 330 – Halyna Senyk on Anti-Corruption Progress in Ukraine
ESG Masterclass — ESG and Impact Investing
FCPA Compliance Report – Jonathan Wilson on The NSBU Decision
Áine Bryn of Mercer UK on Demonstrating the Strategic Credibility of the Marketing Function - Passle's CMO Series Podcast
Podcast - The CFPB's Proposal to Create a Public Registry
Breaking Mindsets with Sharon Sorkin from Ford on Being Reliably Transparent
Auditing and Monitoring in Healthcare
Exploring The ‘S’ In ESG & What To Expect In 2023
The Line Between Gift Giving and Bribery
The New Cold War: Risk, Sanctions, Compliance Episode 21: "Interview with Drago Kos of the OECD Working Group on Bribery"
ABA Sound Advice: Conducting Civil Rights Audits: Benefits and Best Practices
Early Advocates of Organic Food Products, Amy’s Kitchen Believes in the Benefits of a Fully Regenerative Ecosystem and Aims to Help Heal the Planet Through Its Business
On February 11, the White House announced Jonathan McKernan’s nomination as Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). McKernan was previously confirmed to the Board of the FDIC by the Senate on a voice...more
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has approved the Financial Data Exchange’s (FDX) application to serve as a standard-setting body under the final rule for Personal Financial Data Rights, (“open banking”)...more
Earlier this month, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) issued new policy statements regarding its Compliance Assistance Sandbox (CAS) and No-Action Letters (NAL) programs. ...more
Did you know that 94% of companies perform background checks? Of those, almost all are criminal record checks, fingerprinting, and verifications. But is that the right approach? And with so many people doing them, it should...more
New Leadership for PA General Assembly Committees- The Pennsylvania General Assembly has appointed new chairs for its 52 standing committees, which play a crucial role in discussing, amending, and approving legislation,...more
In December 2024, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (Bureau) rolled out a series of important measures aimed at addressing potential misconduct in the credit card industry, improving consumer protections, and promoting...more
Here are curated AG and federal regulatory news stories highlighting key areas in which state and federal regulators’ decisions are having an impact across the US: •AG Task Force Issues Warning over Illegal Robocalls - ...more
The rise of generative AI in advertising challenges existing regulatory frameworks and threatens consumer trust. Businesses using AI-generated content must grapple with legal, ethical and practical implications...more
The CFPB, along with other federal financial regulators, issued proposed Financial Data Transparency Act Joint Data Standards (“proposed rule”) to establish data standards for certain collections of information submitted to...more
Welcome to the June edition of Akin Intelligence. This month, the General Services Administration (GSA) launched its first AI-focused cohort of Presidential Innovation Fellows (PIF), bringing together experts from across the...more
Until recently, the most popular topic of discussion in the financial services world has been the outcome of the Supreme Court case CFPB v. Community Financial Services Association of America, regarding the constitutionality...more
As technology continues to advance, regulators are increasingly addressing the fair lending implications of artificial intelligence (AI), even though comprehensive rules governing AI have yet to be promulgated. Notably, the...more
In recent months, various groups—including the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and other high-level government regulators—have raised questions about the appropriateness of “add on” charges paid by consumers who are buying...more
On October 11, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission announced a new proposed rule to prohibit “junk fees,” which the FTC states are hidden and bogus fees that can harm consumers and undercut honest businesses. FTC...more
The FTC proposed a new rule aimed at ensuring greater transparency for consumers regarding mandatory fees, also referred to as “junk fees.” Under this proposal, businesses would be required to incorporate all mandatory fees...more
This first part of a two-part series on U.S. regulation of artificial intelligence systems provides an overview and modern context for the existing regulatory, legal and risk management landscape for AI systems in the U.S.,...more
In this episode of his "Clearly Conspicuous" podcast series, "The CFPB's Proposal to Create a Public Registry," consumer protection attorney Anthony DiResta dives into the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's (CFPB)...more
On April 26, the House Financial Services Committee held a markup of 15 bills, including H.R. 2798, the CFPB Transparency and Accountability Reform Act, sponsored by Rep. Andy Barr (R-KY). The bill includes provisions from...more
On April 25, 2023, officials from four federal agencies released a joint statement pledging to increase “enforcement efforts to protect the public from bias in automated systems and artificial intelligence” (“AI”). The...more
March 8, 2023, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released its special edition Supervisory Highlights report, which focuses on Junk Fees found in deposit accounts and multiple loan servicing markets, such as...more
Continuing its trend of aggressive oversight over financial institutions, the CFPB has recently announced proposals to create two publicly accessible databases that, it says, will highlight alleged bad actors, identify...more
Continuing a trend of expanding its supervisory scope, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced on April 25, 2022 that it will examine fintechs and other nonbank financial enterprises, based on reasonably...more
On April 25, the CFPB announced that it is using its “dormant authority” in order to conduct examinations of nonbanks posing risks to consumers. The Bureau has direct supervisory authority over banks and credit unions,...more
This week, CFPB Director, Rohit Chopra, appeared before the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs and the U.S. House Committee on Financial Services in conjunction with the CFPB’s submission of its...more
Last month CFPB Director Rohit Chopra sat down with The Washington Post’s economist columnist Heather Long in an unusual but enlightening conversation published by the Washington Post Live. In this article, we highlight what...more