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Since its inception, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) has issued policy statements around its authority to root out, stop and prevent unfair and deceptive acts pursuant to the Unfair, Deceptive and Abusive (“UDAAP”) provision of the Consumer Financial Protection Act (“CFPA”)...

On March 23, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit held that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (the “CFPB”) funding structure is constitutional. The Second Circuit’s three-judge unanimous panel decision in the case, captioned Consumer Financial Protection Bureau v. Law...

On February 17, 2023, in Cothron v. White Castle System, Inc., 2023 IL 128004, the Illinois Supreme Court issued a sweeping decision concerning the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (“BIPA”), which restricts the collection, retention, and disclosure of any “retina or iris scan, fingerprint...

On February 14th the NY Court of Appeals held that including additional information, such as bankruptcy disclosures, debt collection disclosures and service members' disclosures, in a 90-day preforeclosure notice is permissible and does not void such notice pursuant to Section 1304 of the New York...

Washington, D.C.’s (D.C. or the District) Alcoholic Beverage Regulation Administration (ABRA) is now accepting applications for three new alcohol licenses that were created by the Reopen Washington D.C. Alcoholic Beverage Regulation Administration Amendment Act of 2022. We detail each of these...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA or the Agency) today published in the Federal Register a proposed rule that, if finalized, would update the standards that food products must meet in order to be labeled as “healthy.” Per FDA, the proposed rule would “align the definition of ‘healthy’ with...