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It can make a big difference to our clients if Dodd-Frank does not cover that internal whistleblowing. From an employer perspective, it's one less cause of action that employees and their counsel have in their arsenal to sue employers for internal whistleblowing

The Securities and Exchange Commission recently issued new guidelines stating that the anti-retaliation provisions in the Dodd-Frank Act should also apply to staff who report misconduct internally.

In a minute or less, here is what you need to know about the expanding state of greenwashing litigation being filed against manufacturers, distributors, and retailers of consumer products.

Last week, the Environmental Working Group ("EWG") filed a lawsuit against Tyson Foods in DC Superior Court under the DC Consumer Protection Procedures Act ...

Ropes & Gray's memorandum summarizing the 2017 ICI Mutual Funds and Investment Management Conference sponsored by the ICI and the FBA is available above.

The FDIC, the Federal Reserve Board, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the SEC and the CFTC (collectively, the "agencies") ...

Joint investigations, cross-agency partnership, cooperation … terms all too familiar to regulatory and defense practitioners accustomed to collaboration among the alphabet soup of federal regulators.

On July 4, the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act," was signed into law, which includes a provision to reduce the cap on the CFPB's annual funding.

Coinciding with the publication of the new rule, the Bureau has updated its Supervisory and Examination Manual to give its examiners guidance in supervising non-bank auto finance companies.

The Consumer Financial Protection Board (the "CFPB") issued its ninth semi-annual report.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ("CFPB") provided technical specifications to help prepaid account issuers submit their prepaid account agreements online.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ("CFPB") highlighted its efforts to promote "fair, equitable, and nondiscriminatory access to credit" throughout 2017

Four advance notices of proposed rulemaking scheduled for publication on August 8 will solicit public comment on whether the CFPB should raise the size thresholds...

The CFPB requested comments on a planned assessment of the effectiveness of the Truth in Lending Act ("TILA") / Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act ("RESPA") Integrated Disclosure Rule.

According to news reports, on January 29, senior officials at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced internally that the agency will significantly reduce its supervisory examinations and conduct all reviews virtually.

On February 19, a federal magistrate judge for the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida issued a report and recommendation rejecting a trade group's challenge to the CFPB's small business...

The CFPB intends to issue a proposed rulemaking this year on "consumer-authorized access to financial records."

CFTC Chair J. Christopher Giancarlo recommended (i) reducing the number of obstacles to swaps clearing and (ii) transitioning away from LIBOR to alternative risk-free rates.