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Earlier this month, the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority published a paper, "A review of the regulatory regime for crowdfunding and the promotion of non-readily realizable securities by other media".

New Mexico's Attorney General Hector Balderas announced on September 29 that his office has filed three lawsuits against debt collection companies

Journal of International Banking & Financial Law has published the article "A review of private credit in the immediate wake of COVID-19," written by Akin Gump finance partner Amy Kennedy...

On August 10, 2016, the European Central Bank (ECB) published an addendum to its guide on options and discretions (O&Ds) available in Union law.

As part of the consent judgment, the individual owner and his companies are permanently banned from the industry and have agreed to pay over $1.8 million in consumer restitution. ​

A CFPB final rule amending Regulation F to clarify certain restrictions and address predatory debt collection practices was published in the Federal Register.

The proposed stipulated judgment requires that the companies, as well as their owners and senior managers, exit the debt collection industry.

A CFPB proposal to delay the effective date of two final rules amending Regulation F, which implements the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, was published in the Federal Register.

The CFPB issued guidance reminding debt collectors of their obligation to comply with the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and Regulation F's prohibitions on false, deceptive, or misleading representations and unfair or unconscionable behavior in connection with the collection of medical debt.

The CFPB confirmed that the effective date of two final rules on debt collection communications under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act remains November 30, 2021.

DMO also cited the fact that the relief is limited to transactions in major foreign currencies.

Relief Re-Instates Prior 2012 Regulatory Exemption from CFTC Registration for Most Registered Investment Advisers to Private Funds<div> <h3>Why it is Significant</h3> <ul> <li>Relief Re-Instates Prior 2012 Regulatory Exemption from CFTC Registration for Most Registered Investment Advisers to Private Funds</li> <li>Significant Compliance Cost Savings Anticipated from Elimination of Duplicative Regulatory Regimes</li> <li>Ability for RIAs to Private Funds to Increase Exposure to Commodity Interests witho

Over the past few years, there have been dramatic changes in the corporate governance issues that have made obtaining shareholder approval of even mundane resolutions more difficult and more expensive.

What an interesting time of the year. Half way through the and navigating the usual tumult of credit tightening, pandemic easing, low unemployment, lingering inflation, M&A waffling...

Encore Capital Group and its subsidiaries, Midland Funding, Midland Credit Management and Asset Acceptance Capital Corp. settled CFPB charges for improper debt-collection acts and practices.

The MSRB proposal to amend municipal fund securities reporting requirements under Form G-45 was published in the Federal Register.

An SEC-issued "Commission Statement" that provides relief from aspects of the security-based swap dealer ("SBSD") business conduct rules was published in the Federal Register.