Jul 20, 2017 | News
Mere hours after the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) took its remaining steps to finalize a rule banning mandatory arbitration, House and Senate Republicans filed companion bills to repeal the arbitration rule through use of the Congressional Review Act....
Jul 19, 2017 | News
New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) head Maria Vullo recently reiterated her intention to keep NYDFS in the poll position regulating Financial Technology (FinTech) firms operating in financial services. Her comments come at a time in which one federal...
Jul 19, 2017 | News
In a letter to Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Director Richard Cordray, Acting Comptroller Keith Noreika of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) asked the Bureau to delay publishing its final arbitration rule and release data used to...
Jul 13, 2017 | News
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued its final rule regarding arbitration agreements on July 10th, a few days after the Bureau’s director, Richard Cordray, was threatened with Contempt of Congress. The arbitration rule includes an exemption for...
Jul 11, 2017 | News
Despite a threat of contempt charges from House Financial Services Committee Chairman Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R- TX), the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued a final rule on July 10th restricting mandatory arbitration clauses and opening more financial... 
