On August 2, 2024, New Hampshire enacted legislation that significantly revises its Motor Vehicle Retail Installment Sales Act, effective July 1, 2024.
Unfortunately, that effective date is not a typographical error. The New Hampshire Banking Department apparently tried during the
Members of Mayer Brown’s Financial Services team summarize the main takeaways of the CFPB’s proposal to amend the Regulation X mortgage servicing rules, focusing on the proposal to amend the requirements for mortgage servicers to assist borrowers in default who
On July 18, 2024, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB” or the “Bureau”) issued a proposed interpretive rule (the “Proposed Rule”) purporting to clarify the application of the Truth in Lending Act (“TILA”) and Regulation Z to earned wage access
On June 18, state-chartered banks and their fintech partners received welcome news in ongoing litigation challenging the scope of Colorado’s opt-out from the interest exportation regime established by the Depository Institutions Deregulation and Monetary Control Act of 1980 (DIDMCA). The
On May 30, the Supreme Court issued its opinion in Cantero v. Bank of America, N.A., in which the Court was set to decide whether national banks must comply with state interest-on-escrow laws (and by extension, certain other state
On May 22, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) issued an interpretive rule purportedly clarifying the breadth of the term “credit card” for Truth in Lending Act (“TILA”)/Regulation Z purposes in the buy-now/pay-later (“BNPL”) context (the “Interpretive Rule”). The clarification
On May 10, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas granted the credit card industry at least a temporary reprieve from a CFPB rulemaking that would have restricted late fees on consumer credit cards significantly (as
The Department of Labor issued a final rule raising the thresholds applicable to an employer’s obligation to pay overtime. The rule sets new levels applicable to the so-called “executive, administrative, and professional” (“EAP”) exemption from overtime requirements and for qualifying
On March 29, 2024, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas issued a preliminary injunction prohibiting enforcement of the new Community Reinvestment Act (“CRA”) regulations against the plaintiffs in the case.
The CRA, passed in 1977,
On March 5, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (the “Bureau”) issued a Final Rule that would significantly restrict late fees that consumer credit card issuers may charge to a mere $8.
Within two days, the Final Rule faced a challenge
