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What’s Good for the Goose Is Not Good for the Gander: The CFPB and the...
A company holds a press event to tout the success of its newly introduced product. Someone in the audience asks a question, which the Company subsequently uses in its advertising for the product....
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The CFPB at Year Three: A Look Back, and a Look Forward
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) turns 3 on Monday, July 21, 2014. Created under Dodd-Frank, the CFPB already has made a significant impact on the consumer protection legal landscape...
View Article0% Interest!* Is Your Advertising Sending the Wrong Message? (*kind of)
Deferred and waived interest programs, convenience checks, promotional rates, and grace periods are popular credit card features with consumer, creditors, and retailers – as well as the Consumer...
View ArticleCFPB Proposes Rule for Prepaid Products and Releases Study on Prepaid Account...
On November 13, 2014, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released a proposed rule regulating prepaid products. The proposed rule would amend parts of Regulation E, implementing the...
View ArticleCompliance Trends for Online Marketers
Looking back 2014 was a year of increased government scrutiny and compliance obligations for lead generators and online marketers, and so, for 2015, advertisers will need to ramp up compliance....
View ArticleWho’s on First? The CFPB’s Recent Focus on First-Party Collections
Successful marketing leads to sales, but sometimes those sales don’t result in customers making timely payments. When that happens merchants and lenders often try to recover the cost of goods sold or...
View ArticleSupreme Court Agrees to Hear Case Involving CFPB Funding
On February 27, 2023, the Supreme Court granted the certiorari petition of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to hear a case that could cast doubt on all of the regulations that have been...
View ArticleSupreme Court Case Watch: Securities and Exchange Commission v. Jarkesy and...
With the end of the Supreme Court’s term in June, most eyes have been on the release of the last remaining merits decisions. In the midst of issuing the final opinions of the term, the Court also...
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