Young Lawyers, Corporate Counsel, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)

Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: Universal Injunctions, Associational Standing, and Forum Shopping - Their Effects on...

Ballard Spahr LLP on 8/1/2024

Special guest Professor Alan Trammell of Washington and Lee University School of Law joins us today for a deep dive into universal injunctions and the related topics of associational standing and judicial forum shopping, and...more

As Class Action Spending Continues to Climb, Companies Manage Greater Risks

Carlton Fields on 4/4/2017

Class action spending by companies across industries increased for the second consecutive year, reversing a downward trend that occurred between 2011 and 2014. While the percentage of companies managing at least one active...more

Webcast: Understanding and Defending State Consumer Protection Actions

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP on 10/4/2016

Consumer protection or unfair and deceptive acts or practices statutes have been enacted in every state in an attempt to protect consumers from predatory, deceptive and unscrupulous business practices. While good intentioned,...more

Reading the CFPB Amicus Tea Leaves

Baker Donelson on 7/14/2016

Because the CFPB is still a young agency, having formed in 2011 pursuant to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 (Dodd-Frank), the enforcement record of the Agency is somewhat limited, not by...more

What You Need to Know About the CFPB's Priorities for 2016 and 2017

Baker Donelson on 3/15/2016

The CFPB recently announced its policy priorities for the next two years. There are not too many surprises, since the CFPB has been targeting most of these areas in recent months and years. Here's what the Bureau is planning,...more

Are Public Companies Required to Disclose that the Government is Investigating Them?

K&L Gates LLP on 7/14/2015

For many public companies, the first issue they have to confront after they receive a government subpoena or Civil Investigative Demand (“CID”) is whether to disclose publicly that they are under investigation. Curiously, the...more