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The CFTC issued a proposed order that would provide temporary exemptive relief from certain requirements in the Commodity Exchange Act (the "CEA") resulting from the Dodd-Frank Act that otherwise become effective on July 16, 2011 under the terms of the Act.

The CFTC issued a notice proposing to amend its July 14, 2011 order providing temporary exemptive relief from certain requirements in the Commodity Exchange Act (the "CEA") resulting from the Dodd-Frank Act that otherwise became effective on July 16, 2011 under the terms of the Act.

The Senate yesterday confirmed current FTC Commissioner Rohit Chopra as the new Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB).

Yesterday, June 17, 2015, the US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ("CFPB") unexpectedly announced that it is publishing a proposal for public comment to postpone the effective date of the TILA-RESPA Integrated Disclosures Rule ("TRID") from August 1, 2015 until October 1, 2015.

Last week, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued a news release and Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that signals the Bureau’s intention to broadly exercise its claimed power under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act to regulate creditors and debt collectors.

On April 18, 2012, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) issued a Joint Final Rulemaking on key definitions of entities needed to implement Dodd-Frank:

On April 18, the FDIC announced a consent order against a Delaware-based bank alleging that the bank engaged in unsafe and unsound banking practices and violated various federal consumer protection laws...

On July 31, the US District Court for the Southern District of Texas issued an order granting in part and denying in part the motion for preliminary injunction...

On June 27, the Federal Reserve Board issued the aggregate and individual results of the supervisory stress test (also known as the Dodd-Frank Act Stress Test or DFAST, as these tests are required by Section 165...

Yesterday, the Federal Reserve Board issued the aggregate and individual results of the supervisory stress test (also known as the Dodd-Frank Act Stress Test or DFAST, as these tests are required by Section 165...

Federal Reserve Board ("FRB") Vice Chair for Supervision Randal K. Quarles highlighted agency efforts to make the FRB regulatory framework more transparent, simple and efficient.

On February 9, the FTC provided the CFPB and the Federal Reserve Board with its annual letter that summarizes its activities enforcing the ECOA and its implement9ng regulation, Regulation B, in the prior year.

The Dodd-Frank Act mandated that the GAO conduct a study regarding the "accredited investor" standard in order to understand whether the existing criteria serves the intended purpose or whether alternative criteria should be considered.

Section 1028 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act authorizes the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to limit or even prohibit the use of arbitration provisions...

Last week, the FTC entered into a settlement with LendEDU, a lead generation website that compares and ranks student loan and other financial products

In a September 26 settlement, the Massachusetts Attorney General's office reached an agreement with a mortgage loan servicer to resolve allegations of violations of Massachusetts...

On March 5, the New York Attorney General filed a lawsuit against a network of over 30 lending companies and their officers alleging their involvement in a predatory...