Consumer Protection Legal News Coverage

National Law Journal

CFPB, Online Lenders Spar Over Interest Rates, Tribal Law

By Stephanie Forshee | April 27, 2017

The CFPB has filed a suit against several online lenders, accusing them of charging illegally high interest rates and violating consumer protection laws.

6 minute read

National Law Journal

CFPB, Online Lenders Spar Over Interest Rates, Tribal Law

By Stephanie Forshee | April 27, 2017

The CFPB has filed a suit against several online lenders, accusing them of charging illegally high interest rates and violating consumer protection laws.

6 minute read

The Recorder

Airbnb Settles State Agency's Race-Discrimination Complaint

By Cheryl Miller | April 27, 2017

Airbnb Inc. will institute anti-bias training for its employees and track how often guests of color are denied short-term rentals under terms of an agreement with the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing announced Thursday.

10 minute read

The Recorder

Airbnb Settles State Agency's Race-Discrimination Complaint

By Cheryl Miller | April 27, 2017

Airbnb Inc. will institute anti-bias training for its employees and track how often guests of color are denied short-term rentals under terms of an agreement with the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing announced Thursday.

10 minute read

Daily Business Review

Need Help Fighting the CFPB? One Company Turns to Trump's Justice Department

By C. Ryan Barber | April 27, 2017

Ocwen Financial Corp., the mortgage loan servicer fighting a new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau lawsuit, has turned to an unlikely source for help: the U.S. Justice Department. In a federal court filing styled as a motion "to invite the views of the attorney general of the United States," the company on Wednesday took the remarkable step of asking the Justice Department to weigh in on the side of a corporation fighting another federal agency.

14 minute read

National Law Journal

Need Help Fighting the CFPB? One Company Turns to Trump's Justice Department

By C. Ryan Barber | April 27, 2017

Ocwen Financial Corp., the mortgage loan servicer fighting a new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau lawsuit, has turned to an unlikely source for help: the U.S. Justice Department. In a federal court filing styled as a motion "to invite the views of the attorney general of the United States," the company on Wednesday took the remarkable step of asking the Justice Department to weigh in on the side of a corporation fighting another federal agency.

4 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Mylan Faces Suits by Sanofi, Consumers Over EpiPen Pricing

By Charles Toutant | April 26, 2017

Already under scrutiny from lawmakers over pricing of its EpiPen epinephrine injector, Mylan faces new lawsuits from consumers and a competitor in New Jersey federal courts accusing it of taking anti-competitive actions to protect its product's market share.

13 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Mylan Faces Suits by Sanofi, Consumers Over EpiPen Pricing

By Charles Toutant | April 26, 2017

Already under scrutiny from lawmakers over pricing of its EpiPen epinephrine injector, Mylan faces new lawsuits from consumers and a competitor in New Jersey federal courts accusing it of taking anti-competitive actions to protect its product's market share.

13 minute read

The Recorder

Public Injunctive Relief Cannot Be Forfeited in Consumer Arbitration Agreements in Calif.

By Alexis M. Buese and Livia Kiser | April 25, 2017

The California Supreme Court just weighed in again on consumer arbitration agreements, and although the court gave a tip of the hat to the strong public policy favoring arbitration, it readily found the consumer arbitration provision invalid in McGill v. Citibank, No. S224086, Slip Op. (Cal. April 6).

14 minute read

The Recorder

Kwan v. SanMedica International

By | April 24, 2017

4 minute read

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