On May 5, the Federal Trade Commission obtained court approval of a settlement against CardFlex, Inc. and its CEO and President, Andrew Phillips, and Executive Vice President of Operations, John Blaugrund.

Melvin Watt, Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, remarked that he did not see an immediate end to the federal government’s conservatorship of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

In recent years, the industry has seen various types of foreclosure rescue fraud perpetrated against borrowers, lenders, and servicers.

Last week, the United States Senate passed an extension of the Mortgage Debt Forgiveness Act.

Under current law, taxpayers who have mortgage debt canceled or forgiven after 2014 may be required to pay taxes on that amount as taxable income.

Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court heard argument in an appeal from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit that involves an interpretation of a provision under the Truth-in-Lending Act that has caused a split among the lower courts.

In July 2017, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra filed a lawsuit against a Canadian cigarette manufacturer, Grand River Enterprises Six Nations, for failing to comply with California laws governing NPMs.

The Food and Drug Administration recently issued a solicitation for proposals for a 10 port cigar smoking machine that will simulate human cigar smoking under a variety of conditions and collect smoke residue for chemical analysis.

The Hawaii Senate has passed a bill that would tax e-liquids and "electronic smoking devices." The bill now awaits further action in the Hawaii House of Representatives.

After reviewing the state of the law regarding standing for informational injuries and related issues of causation, the court ruled that the plaintiff lacked standing to pursue her claims under the FCRA.

Louisiana has redefined "vapor products" to include nicotine and non-nicotine products. The law became effective on May 30, 2018 when Governor John Bel Edwards signed HB239.

On occasion, a manufacturer of tobacco products may decide to use its permitted facility for another purpose, one that may exceed the permit or be altogether unrelated to the permitted use.

This is a friendly reminder to all covered entities that, by February 29, 2016, they must report to the Secretary of Health and Human Services any breaches of unsecured protected health information...

If you are a federal contractor subject to Section 503, then you are aware of the new regulations that were released in September 2013.

The long awaited change provides an incentive to highly educated and skilled foreign nationals to remain in the U.S. and continue working for their U.S. employers.

On May 10, 2016, the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) rule allowing certain F-1 students who have STEM degrees to apply for a 24-month extension of their post-completion Optional Practical Training (OPT) goes into effect.

No, the person in front of you has not split her pants, but what she's wearing might have infringed this patent (had it not expired).

Partners Ryan Schneider and Michael Hobbs are published in the Daily Report for their byline about how technology and the internet are affecting intellectual property attorneys.

In a pair of recent votes, the House of Representatives supported legislation that would create liability protections for companies that share with the federal government information about cyberthreats.

Even high-tech companies with substantial in-house technical expertise may not be dealing with the most common type of cyber vulnerability.