Morey Barnes Yost

About Morey Barnes Yost

Morey Barnes Yost is a member of Alston & Bird’s Financial Services & Products Group and the Consumer Financial Services Team. She advises clients on a broad range of federal and state regulatory compliance matters relating to consumer financial services, including the Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, the Truth in Lending Act and state mortgage lending, servicing, appraisal and appraisal management company (AMC) statutes.

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North Carolina Enacts Servicemember Protections

August 9, 2019 By Morey Barnes Yost

A&B Abstract: North Carolina is the latest state to extend the protections of the federal Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (“SCRA”), 50 U.S.C. §§ 3901 et seq., to active duty members of its National Guard. What does the new law require? North Carolina Servicemembers Civil Relief Act On July 25, North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper signed […]

Maine Creates Mortgage Servicer Duty of Good Faith

June 25, 2019 By Morey Barnes Yost

Maine is joining the ranks of states whose requirements for mortgage servicers may exceed those of the CFPB’s Mortgage Servicing Rules. Effective September 19, Senate Paper 415 (2019 Me. Laws 363) creates a mortgage servicer duty of “good faith,” meaning honesty in fact, and the observance of reasonable commercial standards of fair dealing. This duty […]

Washington State Expands Data Breach Notification Law

May 23, 2019 By Morey Barnes Yost

Effective March 1, 2020, Washington State House Bill 1071 amends the state’s data breach notification law, expanding the categories of consumer information the unauthorized access of which would trigger notification requirements. Under current law, any person or business conducts business in Washington State and that owns or licenses data that includes personal information to provide […]