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Despite two controlling decisions by the Second Circuit in Avila and Taylor, claims involving the "amount of debt" disclosure under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act ("FDCPA")

Following a Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ("CFPB") investigation into its credit reporting procedures, telecommunications debt collector Afni, Inc. agreed Thursday to implement additional...

On June 28, the FTC announced it had filed an action in federal court against a California-based student debt relief enterprise for deceptive practices,

The judgment imposes a $9.6 million in monetary relief, which was partially suspended based on the defendants' inability to pay.

"Green Bonds" are a relatively new trend in the bond market.

Justin Salon was profiled in Law.com's "How I Made It" series, discussing his roles as chair of Morrison Foerster's capital markets practice and co-chair of the REIT practice...

IOSCO adopted guidance on mitigating conflicts of interest and conduct risks for market intermediaries in debt capital market transactions.

If a bank has approved a loan application but later changes its mind, it should promptly advise the loan applicant; otherwise, the bank may face liability for punitive damages.

In the second and last part of the series we introduce additional considerations and risks associated with lending in Latin American jurisdictions.

A number of applications to acquire depository institutions were filed with federal bank regulators last Friday by public, nonbanking companies seeking to satisfy the TARP requirements to participate in the Capital Purchase Program (“CPP”). Insurance companies filed at least four applications.

On June 9, Maine Governor Janet Mills signed into law LD558, which prohibits the reporting of medical debt to consumer reporting agencies.

On August 16, 2021, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) filed a proposed settlement to resolve a 2019 lawsuit against a debt collection enterprise and its owner.

The Cabinet Regulatory Tracker is a list of comment deadlines, expiration dates and effective dates.

The SEC scored a victory in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in a case filed in October 2012 by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the Business Roundtable, and the National Association of Manufacturers.

On September 30 the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") announced another round of enforcement actions against 22 municipal underwriting firms for disclosure violations in connection with municipal bond offerings.

California had been one of 16 states that did not require licensing of debt collectors. That changed last year with the enactment of the Debt Collection Licensing Act. 2020 Cal. Stats. ch. 163 (SB 908).

On July 22, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued two new Russia-related General Licenses (GLs) authorizing certain financial transactions...