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California's Court of Appeal has issued a tentative ruling in Variety Media v. Superior Court addressing whether CIPA's pen register provision applies to website tracking technologies, while the state legislature simultaneously advances Senate Bill 690 to eliminate private enforcement of these claims.

In a unanimous decision, the U.S. Supreme Court limited the reach of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act ("TCPA")...

With COVID-19 raging and many businesses, large and small, seeking to manage their overhead and obligations, commercial landlords and tenants are examining their leases for potential modifications

As reported in our April 2025 Alert on March 3, 2025, DC Council Chairman Phil Mendelson introduced the Rebalancing Expectations for Neighbors, Tenants, and Landlords (RENTAL) Act (B26-0164)...

On March 3, 2023, the International Maritime Organization (IMO), a specialized agency of the United Nations that regulates international shipping, announced its research project...

The CFPB has issued a "Statement of Policy on Applications for Early Termination of Consent Orders."

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has announced it will stop publishing consumer complaint narratives and data visualizations in its public database, marking a significant shift in how the agency shares complaint information. The Bureau cites concerns about unverified allegations, potential for misleading information, and unnecessary reputational harm to companies as key reasons for this policy change.

As part of its Making Ends Meet survey, the CFPB issued a report last week on how consumers use payday, auto title, and pawn loans ("alternative financial services" or "AFS")...

Earlier this week, FTC Acting Chairwoman Rebecca Kelly Slaughter sent a letter to the Chair and Ranking Member of the House Commerce Committee responding to a letter sent to the lawmakers by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.

A Maine federal district court ruled that that two 2019 amendments to Maine's credit reporting law are preempted by the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act and granted the motion for judgment filed by the plaintiff, the CDIA.

President Trump has nominated Stuart Levenbach, an Associate Director of the Office of Management and Budget, as CFPB director.

On May 12, 2026, we produced a 90-minute webinar in which we explored one of the most important and rapidly developing issues in consumer financial services law...

What if better disclosure works differently for different consumers, and what if a disclosure that improves decision-making overall can actually worsen outcomes for financially vulnerable consumers? These provocative questions are explored through a discussion of groundbreaking research that challenges conventional assumptions about consumer protection regulation.

You already know that most ERISA plans allow the Plan to reduce or offset long term disability payments by amounts the disabled worker

We all are seeing more "breach of fiduciary duty claims" asserted in lawsuits seeking ERISA-governed benefits. As you know, ERISA allows participants, beneficiaries, and the Secretary of Labor...

You already know that most ERISA plans require an assessment, say after 24 months, whether the claimant can perform "any occupation."

ERISA plans and related disability or health policies contain language granting the right to reimbursement of overpayments made to the claimant.

Does an insurer's litigation history dating back 10 years justify overbroad discovery in an ERISA case? It might…