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The broad definition of the term whistleblower has been used to describe a person who reports violations of securities laws.

The SEC's OCIE recently published a risk alert noting that the SEC exam staff intends to examine registrants' compliance with the Dodd-Frank Act's whistleblower provisions.

Dodd-Frank was signed into law by President Obama on July 21, 2010, giving whistleblowers a way to come forward and report on companies.

The U.S. District Court of the Central District of California has entered a final judgment in a case brought by a bipartisan coalition of state AGs and the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission...

On October 22, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Richard Cordray delivered prepared remarks to the Consumer Advisory Board.

On October 10, 2023, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced that it filed a complaint​ against a residential mortgage loan originator and servicer alleging that the company violated...

In a move long anticipated by the industry, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) on October 7, 2015 proposed to ban class action waivers in consumer financial contracts.

Effective October 3, instead of providing consumers with Truth in Lending disclosures, Good Faith Estimates, and HUD-1 Settlement Statements, mortgage lenders must provide potential homebuyers with two new forms: a Loan Estimate and Closing Disclosure.

The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California recently issued an order setting September 30 as the deadline for the CFPB to issue a NPRM on small business lending data based on Section 1071 of the Dodd-Frank Act.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which is responsible for enforcing the Electronic Fund Transfer Act and related Regulation E, recently issued a Bulletin 2013-10 explicitly prohibiting the mandatory use of payroll card accounts at an employer-selected financial institution and otherwise discussing the requirements for such use.

Massachusetts AG Maura Healey reached a settlement with national debt collection company Transworld Systems, Inc. ("Transworld") to resolve allegations that it used unfair...

The Federal Reserve Board ("FRB") issued the results of its yearly Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review ("CCAR"). CCAR is an assessment of the capital adequacy...

On June 22, 2011, to implement provisions of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 (the "Dodd-Frank Act") that apply to investment advisers, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC" or "Commission") adopted a final rule regarding family offices.

Recently, the FTC and California Department of Financial Protection (DFPI) sued several companies and owners for allegedly operating an illegal mortgage relief operation.

On September 10, the OCC published proposed revisions to its information collecting regulations related to the Dodd-Frank Act’s "stress test" for large national banks.

ISDA published a supplement (the "benchmarks supplement") that allows market participants to improve the "contractual robustness" of their interest rate, FX, equity and commodities transactions.

On April 26, an association of Texas state banking organizations and a Texas minority depository institution filed a joint complaint against the CFPB in Texas federal court seeking to invalidate...

Last week, the CFPB issued a warning letter to 44 mortgage lenders and brokers concerning possible violations related to their collection and reporting of mortgage data under the HMDA and Regulation C.