The U.S. Supreme Court last week declined to resolve a potentially landmark issue in class action law. In the closely watched case of Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings v. Davis, the Court delivered a per curiam decision…
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/ Civil Procedure, Civil Remedies, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
The FTC has recently taken action against two student loan debt relief companies and their owners…
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/ Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Communications & Media Law, Consumer Protection, Education Law, Finance & Banking
The Senate Banking, Housing and Affairs Committee (Banking Committee) would eliminate the CFPB’s current funding source, as part of Committee’s Republican version of its part of the massive budget reconciliation bill, according…
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/ Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Consumer Protection, Elections & Politics, Finance & Banking
Washington is the latest state to enact a “mini-WARN” Act that will require employers with 50 or more full-time employees to provide at least 60 days’ notice to the state as well as any union or employees affected by a business…
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/ Labor & Employment Law
On June 4, 2025, the Digital Advertising Alliance (“DAA”), the self-regulatory body that sets and enforces privacy standards for digital advertising, announced it is launching a process to determine if it is necessary to issue…
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/ Communications & Media Law, Consumer Protection, Privacy, Science, Computers, & Technology
Effective May 1, 2025, the American Arbitration Association (“AAA”) amended its Consumer Arbitration Rules, including Rule 12 dealing with the registration of consumer arbitration clauses. The AAA stated that its goal was to…
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/ Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), Commercial Law & Contracts, Consumer Protection
The CFPB recently made filings with the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) regarding the following rules..…
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/ Administrative Law, Consumer Protection, Finance & Banking, Real Estate - Residential
Employers operating in Washington State must take steps quickly to comply with a slew of new labor and employment laws passed by the Washington State Legislature during the recent session. These new laws significantly expand the…
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/ Immigration Law, Labor & Employment Law
In its motion for a summary judgment in a lawsuit challenging the regulation, the CFPB stated it has concluded that the Section 1033 Rule (Rule) exceeds the agency’s statutory authority to create an open banking system by—among…
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/ Administrative Law, Consumer Protection, Finance & Banking
A new Maryland law deems certain earned wage access (EWA) services to be loans. It then subjects those EWA services to the Maryland Consumer Loan Law and other consumer credit provisions, restricts the acceptance of tips by…
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/ Commercial Law & Contracts, Consumer Protection, Finance & Banking, Labor & Employment Law
As reported in our April 2025 Alert on March 3, 2025, DC Council Chairman Phil Mendelson introduced the Rebalancing Expectations for Neighbors, Tenants, and Landlords (RENTAL) Act (B26-0164), which includes proposed amendments…
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/ Real Estate - Residential
A federal judge in Texas issued a decision on May 15, 2025, striking down portions of the EEOC’s Enforcement Guidance on protections against employment discrimination based on gender identity and/or sexual orientation. District…
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/ Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis recently signed legislation making it clear that debt collection emails sent between 9 p.m. and 8 a.m. do not violate Florida law…
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/ Communications & Media Law, Consumer Protection, Finance & Banking, Privacy
Alleging that Global Circulation, Inc. (GCI) threatened consumers with jail time, lawsuits, and wage garnishments to pressure them into paying debts they did not owe, the FTC entered into a stipulated order with GCI and its…
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/ Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Business Torts, Consumer Protection, Finance & Banking
A federal district court recently granted the unopposed motion of the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to terminate their October 2021 consent order with Trustmark National Bank…
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/ Civil Rights, Consumer Protection, Finance & Banking
