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Connecticut Officially Becomes an Attorney Closing State

Money

Will the CFPB find its Voice on “Abusiveness”?

Residential Mortgage

Maine Creates Mortgage Servicer Duty of Good Faith

Global Expenses

NYDFS Proposes Overhaul to Mortgage Loan Servicer Business Conduct Rules

New York DFS Unveils Two New Divisions Focused on Consumer Protection, Financial Enforcement and Cybersecurity

Washington State Expands Data Breach Notification Law

Ninth Circuit Finds CFPB’s Structure Constitutional

House Committee Holds Hearing on “Ending Debt Traps in the Payday and Small Dollar Credit Industry”

Alston & Bird Publishes Article in “Mortgage Compliance Magazine” Addressing Key Debt Collection Challenges Raised Under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act as a Major Focus for Industry in 2019

Alston & Bird Issues Client Advisory on First-Known Decision Rendered by U.S. District Court, S. D. of Ohio (Eastern Division) Challenging CFPB’s ATR/QM Standards Favors Mortgage Industry

Ninth Circuit Approves Request for Interlocutory Appeal in McShannock v. JP Morgan Chase Bank N.A.

Alston & Bird Issues Client Alert on New Cybersecurity Requirements As Recently Announced by the Federal Trade Commission

Alston & Bird Issues Client Alert on a Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Decision Relating to the Massachusetts Attorney General Debt Collection Regulations and Its Corresponding Debt Collection Guidance On What Constitutes an Attempt to Contact a Massachusetts Debtor By Telephone

Alston & Bird Issues Client Alert on a California Supreme Court Case Regarding When a Consumer Loan May Be Deemed “Unconscionable” Under California Law

Alston & Bird Issues Client Alert on Ohio Division of Financial Institution Guidance Requiring Mortgage Loan Servicer Registration for Passive Secondary Market Investors in Ohio MSRs