On January 12, 2017, EPA published a final rule adjusting for inflation the civil monetary penalty amounts for the statutes it administers.

On April 18th, EPA filed motions in separate cases asking the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals to delay pending litigation over two Clean Air Act (CAA) rules.

Partner Mack McGuffey offered his perspective on the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Clean Power Plan at the Southern Legislative Conference last week, as reported in the Monday, July 20 issue of E&E News.

On February 2, 2017, the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) issued Guidance in order to clarify last week's Executive Order (EO) regarding the issuance of administrative rules.

The Better Business Bureau recently released data from 2014 regarding the number of complaints received pertaining to registered debt collection agencies.

On April 29, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the Maryland Attorney General’s Office jointly filed a Complaint in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland accusing a title service company and several mortgage loan officers of participating in an illegal kickback scheme.

TRID and the TILA-RESPA Amendments were previously scheduled to take effect on August 1, 2015.

The CFPB's release of these three revised chapters over the last six weeks may indicate that it has started training its examiners on the TILA-RESPA Integrated Disclosure Rule.

On April 23, the Federal Trade Commission and the Office of the New York Attorney General announced they will host a "dialogue" to discuss consumer protection issues with the debt collection industry...

The next "Debt Collection Dialogue" with the Federal Trade Commission is scheduled to occur in Dallas on September 29, 2015.

On November 7, the Rosen Law Firm, P.A. announced that it had filed a class action lawsuit against national chain Jimmy John’s Gourmet Sandwiches relating to a security breach involving customers’ credit and debit cards earlier this year.

New Jersey recently passed legislation imposing an excise tax on sales of liquid nicotine. The new law will be effective as of October 1, 2018.

During the campaign, President Trump promised to remove two regulations for every new one enacted.

David Pisciotta and Alissa Piccione, attorneys in Troutman Pepper's Financial Restructuring and Insolvency Group, were published in the New York Law Journal for their article.

In In Touch Concepts, Inc. d/b/a ZCOM v. Cellco Partnership, the Second Circuit joined the Seventh Circuit in holding that a federal court retains subject matter jurisdiction over a case that had previously been removed to federal court under the Class Action Fairness Act.

Many consumers have heard of the TCPA, the statute that prevents a company from autodialing a consumer’s cell phone without his or her prior express consent.

These Proposed Modifications come only one month after California voters passed the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020 (CPRA) into law.

The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on May 18 to hear an appeal from the U.S. Navy's advertising partner challenging the Ninth Circuit's remand of a potential class action over allegedly unsolicited text messages.

In Beroth, a release from an underground storage tank on Beroth's property contaminated groundwater, which then migrated onto B.S.K.'s property.

In an ominous sign, Americans' total debt hit another record high, rising to $13.5 trillion in the last quarter, as student loan delinquencies jumped, according to Reuters.