The CFPB's monthly complaint snapshot focused on the mortgage industry.

On June 4, 2015, the CFPB entered into a proposed consent order against a California mortgage company and its CEO.

Last week, President Barack Obama released his fiscal year 2012 (FY2012) budget. His proposed $3.7 trillion budget would reduce the deficit by $1 trillion over 10 years.

Justin Pierce and Matthew Farley published "Hotfile Case Will Shape Copyright Law Online" in Law360 on February 10, 2014.

Many brand owners take the trouble to mark each individual product with a unique bar code or serial number.

Not many marketers have the fortitude or the financial wherewithal to go toe-to-toe with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to fight a charge of false advertising, writes Venable partner Gregory J. Sater in the May issue of Electronic Retailer magazine.

A federal judge in California recently ruled that a consumer had consented to receive text messages when he voluntarily gave his cellphone number to PayPal.

It has become something of a blog tradition to mark the Independence Day holiday with a blog on Made in USA issues.

There has been a trend of late toward "hand-crafted" goods. Advertisers, as they always do, have responded to this trend through creative marketing and, as they always do, class action lawyers have not been far behind.

Those of you who are students of history will remember that a draft of the FTC's revised Green Guides came out almost two years ago, October 6, 2010 to be precise.

On April 2, 2013, USDA released Draft Guidance here, here, and here addressing an issue that has plagued the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB") for years: how to determine whether a substance is agricultural or non-agricultural and synthetic or non-synthetic.

During the second half of 2012, there was a great deal of federal and state legal and regulatory activity touching on consumer credit and debt-related services.

Tea Party vote, Republicans were propelled to the majority in the House and successfully made gains in the Senate following Tuesday night's mid-term elections.

On February 26, 2013, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) issued a Request for Information (RFI) entitled, "Developing a Framework to Improve Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity.

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Venable attorneys produce periodic alerts and newsletters covering a variety of topics and practice areas. For your convenience, we have assembled below a collection of the latest alerts and newsletters from May 2011.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced its intention to extend the 2011 reporting deadline for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from March 31 to some undetermined date later this year.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced its intention to extend the 2011 reporting deadline for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from March 31 to some undetermined date later this year.

The big news this week was the SEC’s announcement of a new examination program focused on never-before-registered Investment Advisers, which is sure to result in more private equity fund managers receiving their first SEC exam in the months ahead.

Earlier this week, the U.S. House of Representatives approved the Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 2022 (OSRA 2022) in a 369-42 vote.