A&B ABstract: What does the increased use of emojis in business communications mean for consumer finance companies, and how can risks be mitigated? Discussion As emojis increasingly make their way into business communications, their use is creating unanticipated and problematic legal exposure for companies and their employees. Roughly 200 published court decisions since 2004 have […]
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Alston & Bird Adds Senior Consumer Finance Litigator in San Francisco Office
Alston & Bird continues its Bay Area growth with the addition of senior litigator Jim McCabe as counsel. McCabe joins from Morrison & Foerster LLP, where he practiced for more than 30 years, most recently as senior of counsel. “Jim is a top-notch litigator with an impeccable reputation for defending clients in high-stakes civil litigation […]
Supreme Court to Decide CFPB’s Constitutionality
A&B ABstract: On October 18, 2019, the Supreme Court granted certiorari in Seila Law v. CFPB to decide the constitutionality of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s leadership structure.[1] Significantly, the Court also ordered the parties to brief and argue a second question: “If the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau [“CFPB”] is found unconstitutional on the basis […]