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Expect Focus - Volume 1, Winter 2014

In This Issue: - IN THE SPOTLIGHT ..Sixth Circuit Revisits Controversial ERISA Decision - LIFE INSURANCE ..Summary Judgment Victory for Life Insurer in Annuity Class Action ..Favorable Secondary Life...

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A Review And Analysis Of The CFPB’s Focus And Enforcement Activity Related To...

Title X of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 (“the Act”) created and authorized the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB” or “the Bureau”) to implement,...

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CFPB Continues Assault On Add-On Financial Products

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), and the Options Clearing Corporation (OCC) have again required multimillion dollar refunds and...

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DOJ And CFPB Team Up To Take On Auto And Mortgage Lenders

The CFPB and the Department of Justice (DOJ) are joining forces to pursue damages and penalties against consumer lenders for violation of the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA) in pricing consumer...

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CFPB Report Highlights Focus On Mortgage Servicing

Under Dodd-Frank, the CFPB supervises depository institutions and credit unions with total assets of more than $10 billion, as well as certain nonbanks, regardless of size, including mortgage...

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CFPB Proposes Rule Allowing Online Posting Of GLB Privacy Notices

On May 6, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ("the CFPB" or "the Bureau") announced a proposed rule that would permit financial institutions to post annual privacy notices required by the...

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Proposed CFPB Rule Would Allow Online Posting of GLBA Privacy Notices

The Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA) requires financial institutions to provide customers with initial and annual notices of their privacy policies, including whether they share consumers’ non-public...

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The High Costs and Consequences of a CFPB CID

Dodd-Frank gives the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) the power to enforce and implement federal consumer financial protection laws, including home mortgage and other consumer credit...

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CFPB Proposes Publishing Detailed Consumer Complaints

On July 16, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) published a proposal to expand public disclosure of details of consumer complaints filed via its web-based public consumer complaint...

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Expect Focus - Catching The Next Wave, Regulatory and Litigation Developments...

In This Issue: - IN THE SPOTLIGHT ..Private Equity: The Next Wave of SEC Enforcement Actions? - LIFE INSURANCE ..How to Fight a STOLI Scheme: Court Rulings Offer Clues ..STOA Schemes Face Increased...

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Using Information from Data Brokers? Beware the FCRA and the FTC …

As sellers and Internet service providers gather increasing amounts of consumer information, the data broker industry has expanded. Identifying themselves as "market research" firms, data brokers buy,...

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Ahead: CFPB Regulations of Creditors Collecting Own Consumer Debts?

The Federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA or the Act) was enacted in 1977 to end abusive consumer debt collection practices by debt collectors, while insuring that collectors who don’t...

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CFPB Wants to Publish Detailed Consumer Complaints

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has proposed to publicly disclose details of consumer complaints filed through its web-based public consumer complaint database by including a consumer...

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Expect Focus - Regulators Are Watching: New Products, New Opportunities, New...

In This Issue: - IN THE SPOTLIGHT ..Standard CGL Policy Form Adds Data Breach Coverage Exclusion - LIFE INSURANCE ..Class Claims Against Lincoln National Barred in Section 419 Action – Again...

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Revised CFPB Ability to Repay Rule Allows Excess Points and Fees Refunds for...

The Dodd-Frank Act amended the Truth in Lending Act (TILA) to require a creditor making a residential mortgage loan to make a reasonable and good faith determination (based on verified and documented...

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Financial Institutions Voice Concerns about CFPB Proposal to Publish...

In our last issue, we discussed the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) proposal to publicly disclose consumer complaint details filed via its web-based public consumer complaint database by...

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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Attempts to Regulate Telecom

Since it opened in 2011, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ("the Bureau" or "CFPB") has issued thousands of pages of regulations, mostly directed at the home mortgage industry, and aggressively...

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CFPB Proposes Regulating Nonbank Auto Finance Companies

On September 16, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued and requested comment on a proposed rule that would, for the first time, subject nonbank auto finance companies to federal...

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Expect Focus - Spot The Regulator, Volume IV, Fall 2014

In This Issue: - IN THE SPOTLIGHT ..Crisis Management: Five Steps to Take Before Providing That Comment - LIFE INSURANCE ..Third Circuit Limits ERISA Fiduciary Liability to those with Ultimate...

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CFPB Says Arbitration Agreements Limit Consumer Relief in Class Actions; New...

The Supreme Court’s 2011 decision in AT&T Mobility LLC v. Concepcion upheld an arbitration clause requiring arbitration of claims individually, thereby effectively preventing class actions. While...

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