In early March, the Massachusetts Attorney General's Office finalized the commonwealth's regulations on unfair and deceptive fees, which it refers to in its press release as "junk fee" regulations, while simultaneously issuing a…
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/ Administrative Law, Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Consumer Protection
The first two months of 2025 were filled with numerous consumer protection actions by state AGs against vehicle dealers and players in the mortgage space, among others…
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/ Finance & Banking, Consumer Protection, Transportation
If we could use only one word to describe the future of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, I think most of us would agree on the word "uncertain." However, one thing seems certain to occur as we wait to see what will…
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/ Administrative Law, Consumer Protection, Finance & Banking
With attention on Democratic Attorneys General vowing to fill the void left by weakened federal regulators, and perhaps a more partisan divide on enforcement generally, a bipartisan consensus is quietly emerging in the states…
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/ Administrative Law, Consumer Protection, Privacy
In early March, nearly a year and a half after it was initially proposed, the Massachusetts Attorney General's Office finalized the Commonwealth's "junk fee" regulation (the "Final Rule") while simultaneously issuing a business…
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/ Consumer Protection, Finance & Banking
In this month's article, we share some of our top "bites" covered during the March 2025 webinar…
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/ Administrative Law, Consumer Protection, Finance & Banking
On March 7, 2025, the CPPA finalized a Stipulated Order against an automobile manufacturer (the "Company") alleging multiple violations of the California Consumer Privacy Act ("CCPA") …
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/ Administrative Law, Consumer Protection, Privacy
A rule governing Unfair and Deceptive Fees (940 CMR 38.00) published March 3 by the Massachusetts Attorney General sets new Total Price disclosure obligations in marketing and sales for a wide set of covered businesses,…
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/ Communications & Media Law, Consumer Protection, Real Estate - Residential
In this month's article, we share some of our top "bites" for the prior months covered during the February 2025 webinar…
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/ Administrative Law, Consumer Protection, Finance & Banking
On December 19, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission announced a proposed $20 million settlement with Leader Automotive Group and its parent company, AutoCanada, to resolve claims brought by the FTC and the State of Illinois…
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/ Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Consumer Protection
On January 24, 2025, three days before the Federal Communications Commission's new Telephone Consumer Protection Act "one-to-one" consent standard was due to take effect, the FCC issued an order postponing the standard's…
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/ Administrative Law, Communications & Media Law, Consumer Protection
On February 11, 2025, the Supreme Court of New York, Nassau County, ordered a hearing on whether a financing contract between Square Funding LLC and Walsh Roofing Services of Tampa Bay, LLC, was a "merchant cash advance"…
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/ Commercial Law & Contracts, Consumer Protection, Finance & Banking
In this month's article, we share some of our top "bites" covered during the January 2025 webinar…
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/ Civil Remedies, Constitutional Law, Finance & Banking, Privacy, Consumer Protection
In the last few years, state legislatures have enacted legislation to curtail online bank lending in response to advocacy efforts by consumer activists.
Such programs, in which nonbank financial technology companies partner…
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/ Consumer Protection, Finance & Banking
In this month's article, we share some of our top "bites" for the prior months covered during the December 2024 webinar…
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/ Consumer Protection, Finance & Banking, Indigenous Peoples
