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November 6-8, 2024

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Last Week, This Morning

Key developments from the past week in consumer and commercial finance and privacy law.

CFPB and Federal Reserve Announce TILA and CLA Thresholds for 2025

CFPB Publishes Special Edition of Supervisory Highlights Concerning Auto Financing

FTC and State Attorneys General Resolve Charges of Inadequate Data Security Practices by Hotel Chains and Require $52 Million Payment to States

Kansas Revises Loan Document Requirements for State Banks for Certain Real Estate Loans

Ohio Amends Short-Term Loan Act Rules

CFPB Provides Additional Guidance on New Nonbank Registry

CFPB Issues Advisory Opinion on Medical Debt Collection

Federal and State Agencies Issue Guidance to Financial Institutions in Aftermath of Hurricane Helene

Mortgage Loan Servicer Ordered to Cease Collections on All Mortgage Loans in Massachusetts

California Limits Ability of Sellers to Require Consumers to Arbitrate Claims

Mortgage Lender Settles Allegations It Submitted False Claims for Federal Mortgage Insurance

FTC Announces Artificial Intelligence Enforcement Sweep

California Revises Certain Foreclosure Requirements

California Law Allows Existing Borrower to Purchase Another Borrower's Interest in Real Property and Assume Seller's Portion of Mortgage

CFPB's Office of Servicemember Affairs Issues Annual Report

Hudson Cook Insights

Today's Trends in Credit Regulation

Bill Under Consideration in California Would Apply Collections Law to Commercial Financing Providers

By Eric Mulligan

California's Senate Bill 1286 is under consideration in the Legislature. The bill, if passed, would expand the scope of the Rosenthal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act to cover the collection of certain commercial-purpose debts. article continued

CFPB Issues Consent Order Related to Bank's Duplicative Force-Placed Insurance Policies

By Frank H. Bishop, Jr.

On July 9, 2024, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued a consent order against a nationally chartered bank that, among other things, includes a number of allegations related to the bank's policies regarding force-placed collateral protection insurance or FPI. article continued

CFPB Bites of the Month - August 2024 - All That's Left of the CFPB's Summer Sky

By Justin B. Hosie, Eric L. Johnson and Kristen Yarows

In this month's article, we share some of our top "bites" for the prior and current month covered during the August 2024 webinar. article continued

FTC Expands Creative Use of Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act to Recover Consumer Redress from Defendants

By Michael A. Goodman

In 2021, the U.S. Supreme Court held unanimously in AMG Capital Management, LLC v. Federal Trade Commission that the Federal Trade Commission is not entitled to consumer redress in cases brought under Section 13(b) of the FTC Act. article continued

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