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My Case Blog
Guide: Choosing the Right Payment Provider for Your Law Firm
By Nicole Black
For many law firms, getting paid promptly can be a challenge because clients aren’t always prepared to retain an attorney when an unexpected legal matter arises. Fortunately, there’s a simple…
All About Advertising Law
Update: Judge Allows Most of Receiver’s Claims Against Wells Fargo for Involvement with Negative Option Marketers to Proceed
By Leonard L. Gordon, Mary M. Gardner, William C. Lawrence
A few weeks ago, we wrote an article discussing two enforcement actions by the Federal Trade Commission in the Central and Southern Districts of California that highlighted the risks to…
Bill 4 Time Blog
4 Reasons Why Multiple Payment Methods Can Increase Law Firm Revenue
For an industry defined by tradition, the legal profession is undergoing a substantial amount of change and push back on the status quo. This is especially true when it comes…
The Suite Spot
Firms are Implementing Practice Management Platforms with Integrated Payment Processing. Here’s Why.
Choosing a legal practice management system that includes a native payment platform eliminates keystroke errors, slashes time, and alleviates the burden of tracking offline payments — empowering your payments…
Global Regulation Tomorrow
PSR – Annual plan and budget
On 29 March 2022, the Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) published its annual plan for 2022/23. Key projects for the PSR in 2022/23 include: Account-to-account retail payments and card fees –…
All About Advertising Law
How Negative Option Marketing Can Risk Entangling Third-Party Banks and Payment Processors
By Leonard L. Gordon, Mary M. Gardner, William C. Lawrence
We frequently post about negative option marketing in this blog, but our focus has been the FTC's enforcement actions against businesses that utilize this marketing strategy. We haven't written as…
Regulatory Oversight
FTC Enters Consent Agreement with Payment Processor for Opening Merchant Accounts for Fictitious Companies
By Keith J. Barnett, Kalama Lui-Kwan, Ethan G. Ostroff, Carlin McCrory
On March 15, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC or Commission) released a consent agreement with Electronic Payment Systems and its owners John Dorsey and Thomas McCann (collectively, EPS) for allegedly…
Consumer Financial Services Law Monitor
Federal Reserve Board Proposes Supplemental Guidelines To Evaluate Requests For Accounts and Payment Services At Federal Reserve Banks
By Ethan G. Ostroff, Kalama Lui-Kwan, Carlin McCrory, Keith J. Barnett
The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the Board) recently issued a supplemental notice and request for comment to the guidelines proposed in May 2021 for use by…
Consumer Financial Services Law Monitor
Blocking Payments to Russia and Its Impact on Payments Companies and Fintechs
By Keith J. Barnett, Ethan G. Ostroff, Kalama Lui-Kwan, Carlin McCrory
On February 21, President Biden issued an executive order blocking property of certain persons, and prohibiting transactions regarding Russia's invasion of the Ukraine. The following day, the U.S. Treasury's Office…
Global Regulation Tomorrow
Bank of England, FCA, PRA and PSR conduct 2021 review of MoU for payment systems in the UK
On 14 February 2022, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), Bank of England (BoE) Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) and the Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) published a statement relating to a review…