The Colorado Supreme Court issued its long-awaited decision in Nieto v. Clark's Market, Inc., ruling that employers must pay employees for any earned but unused vacation upon termination of employment.

During the Biden administration, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued a final regulation (the "2024 Rule") seeking to increase the salary threshold for overtime eligibility for the "white-collar" exemption (also referred to as the "EAP" exemption – executive, administrative, and professional) and the "highly-compensated employee" (HCE) exemption under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).

June is Pride Month and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has issued timely guidance on the protections extended to LGBTQIA+ workers under Title VII.

What happens when an ERISA-governed disability claim is denied solely under the "own occupation" provision, but a reviewing district court concludes the claimant is entitled to "own" occupation benefits?

President Trump's proposed budget for Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 includes substantial reductions to the U.S. Department of Labor's (DOL) budget and staff.

On Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that private utilities may exercise eminent domain to take state-owned property under the Natural Gas Act (NGA).

National bank preemption faces another Supreme Court showdown as circuit courts split on whether state laws requiring interest payments on mortgage escrow accounts are preempted by the National Bank Act. The Second Circuit's decision conflicts with First and Ninth Circuit rulings, while the OCC has issued regulations siding with preemption, prompting challenges from ten state attorneys general. This podcast explores whether state consumer financial laws can regulate national banks and when federal preemptio

Effective October 29, 2025, the CFPB finalized its rule, published at 90 Fed. Reg. 48737-60, rescinding certain amendments to the rules made on February 22, 2022 (prior blog) and on March 29, 2023...

We're pleased to announce the upcoming release of a new episode of the Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast, dropping Thursday, February 12 — just days before New York's landmark...

In this episode of the Consumer Finance Monitor podcast, host Alan Kaplinsky welcomes Pat Utz, CEO and co-founder of Abstract, a venture capital-backed AI company headquartered in New York.

We were honored to host former New Jersey Attorney General Matt Platkin on our live webinar on January 17, 2025 where I conducted a "fireside chat" with him that, because of its popularity...

Countering an Executive Order issued by President Trump and the adoption by the CFPB of its final rule revising Regulation B, the New York Department of Financial Services recently issued an Industry Letter...

We are pleased to share a new podcast episode, which was taken from our September 9, 2025, webinar featuring Malini Mithal...

The newly added chapter, titled Wrap Mortgage Loan Financing, also addresses disclosure requirements and wrap borrower's rights, among other items.

Today's episode marks the first of a two-part series, with Part Two scheduled for release on November 20th.

Who purchases charged-off debt, and how do these transactions actually work? This episode explores the specialized world of debt buyers, examining how they evaluate portfolios through legal...

We recently blogged about President Trump's Truth Social post in which he announced his intent to impose a 10% per annum interest rate cap on credit cards...

In this episode we'll be discussing the upcoming transition from the use of LIBOR as the principal benchmark interest rate in lending transactions.

On Friday, May 7, Pfizer and its partner BioNTech filed an application seeking full approval from the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its COVID-19 vaccine for patients age...

The Federal Reserve has transferred funds to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York to pay the expenses of the CFPB for the third quarter of this fiscal year, according to a letter posted...