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National Law Journal

CFPB Sues Ohio Law Firm Over Debt-Collection Practices

For the second time this year, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has accused a law firm of using overly aggressive debt collection tactics.
4 minute read

The Recorder

For Trump U Plaintiffs Lawyers, Unusual Path to 'Extraordinary' $25M Settlement

Plaintiffs lawyers from Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd discuss the road to the settlement they reached with Trump U.
17 minute read

The American Lawyer

For Trump U Plaintiffs Lawyers, Unusual Path to 'Extraordinary' $25M Settlement

Plaintiffs lawyers from Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd discuss the road to the settlement they reached with Trump U.
5 minute read

National Law Journal

CFPB Faces 'Rock and a Hard Place' in Pushing Arbitration Rule

The question hanging over the CFPB's arbitration rule—a proposal that drew tens of thousands of comments from consumer and business advocates—is less now about the finer points of the final rule than about whether the regulations will ever see the light of day at all. For the agency, the threat of a congressional override is not abstract. Republican lawmakers in the House and Senate proposed bills to tear up the CFPB's prepaid card rule.
17 minute read

National Law Journal

United Passenger Has 'Every Right to Bring Legal Action'

United Airlines' reputation has taken a bruising since Sunday, when police forcibly removed a passenger from a flight in Chicago that the company initially said was overbooked. But will the airline face legal challenges as a result of the incident?
9 minute read

Corporate Counsel

CFPB Faces 'Rock and a Hard Place' in Pushing Arbitration Rule

The question hanging over the CFPB's arbitration rule—a proposal that drew tens of thousands of comments from consumer and business advocates—is less now about the finer points of the final rule than about whether the regulations will ever see the light of day at all. For the agency, the threat of a congressional override is not abstract. Republican lawmakers in the House and Senate proposed bills to tear up the CFPB's prepaid card rule.
17 minute read

Corporate Counsel

United Passenger Has 'Every Right to Bring Legal Action'

United Airlines' reputation has taken a bruising since Sunday, when police forcibly removed a passenger from a flight in Chicago that the company initially said was overbooked. But will the airline face legal challenges as a result of the incident?
9 minute read

New York Law Journal

Report Faults Wells Fargo's Law Department in Sham-Accounts Scandal

Shearman & Sterling's report on the Wells Fargo sham-accounts scandal didn't hold any punches. And the bank's law department didn't escape scrutiny. The report found the law department "did not appreciate that sales integrity issues reflected a systemic breakdown in Wells Fargo's culture and values and an ongoing failure to correct the widespread breaches of trust in the misuse of customers' personal data and financial information." Wells Fargo CEO Tim Sloan said the report provides a new opportunity to "learn from our mistakes."
20 minute read

National Law Journal

Report Faults Wells Fargo's Law Department in Sham-Accounts Scandal

Shearman & Sterling's report on the Wells Fargo sham-accounts scandal didn't hold any punches. And the bank's law department didn't escape scrutiny. The report found the law department "did not appreciate that sales integrity issues reflected a systemic breakdown in Wells Fargo's culture and values and an ongoing failure to correct the widespread breaches of trust in the misuse of customers' personal data and financial information." Wells Fargo CEO Tim Sloan said the report provides a new opportunity to "learn from our mistakes."
20 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Commonwealth v. Golden Gate Nat'l Senior Care LLC, PICS Case No. 17-0504 (Pa. Commw. March 22, 2017) Covey, J. (56 pages).

By | April 07, 2017
Trial court determined that commonwealth's allegations that nursing facility operators committed unfair trade practices and breach of contract in advertising materials failed because the advertising materials were puffery and resident assessments did not qualify as advertising. Complaint dismissed.
7 minute read

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