Today, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (the "CFPB" or the "Bureau") opens for business.

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 September 2015.

On Wednesday, Venable attorneys won dismissal of all claims brought by a putative class of New York Law School students and alumni in Gomez-Jimenez v. New York Law School, which was filed in New York State Court.

On June 28, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) published a "Report to Congress" about the reverse mortgage industry.

As promised, here is an update on ASA Developments from our friends at Lewis Silkin LLP.

In a closely-watched battle, the Fourth Circuit brought life back into Rosetta Stone’s trademark infringement and dilution claims against Google stemming from its AdWords program. Google’s AdWords program allows advertisers to purchase "keywords" that launch the advertiser’s ads when the keyword is entered as a search term in Google.

As we have written before, the Federal Trade Commission's "Dot Com Disclosures," a guidance document for online advertisers, was originally published 12 years ago. Last year, the Commission announced that it was updating said document to address the significant technological advancements and marketing developments of the last decade, and asked for public comment on how it should be revised.

A summary of the most recent advertising an marketing developments.

This issue of the Venable Fund Forum provides guidance to funds investing in NYC real estate on property tax exemptions and clarifies the important securities law distinctions between being classified as a finder and a broker-dealer.

On December 23, 2010, a Venable team led by Senator Birch Bayh filed an amicus brief in the US Supreme Court.

This week, two magazine ads from a leading cosmetics company were banned by the UK’s Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) after a Member of Parliament brought the ads to the regulator’s attention.

Venable's Autorenewal Solutions Team (VAST) is closely tracking autorenewal lawsuits and enforcement actions.

On November 15, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced an enforcement sweep including more than 70 enforcement actions.

On May 30, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) rejected a petition by the Corn Refiners Association to rebrand high-fructose corn syrup (HCFS) as "corn sugar."

On Friday, June 14, the House of Representatives passed the Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act, which was introduced by Rep. Darrell Issa as an amendment to the FY2014 National Defense Authorization Act.

Many alerts and articles discussing the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) updated Negative Option Rule and the Amendments to California's Automatic Renewal law have focused on the stricter consent and cancellation requirements.

Fashionistas can rejoice now that the Second Circuit has overturned the District Court’s ruling that would have stripped Louboutin of its trademarked Red Sole Shoe.

Venable LLP partners Ronald M. Jacobs and D. E. Wilson, Jr. submitted Comments critical of the U.S. Office of Government Ethics’ ("OGE") notice of proposed rulemaking ("NPRM") to expand the executive branch gift rule.

On September 5, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced the publication of a guide intended to help mobile application developers.

In Notice 2010-80, the IRS has modified and expanded its program in Notice 2010-6 which permits correction, under certain circumstances, of documents providing nonqualified deferred compensation that fail to comply with Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended ("Code").