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"Differences between the California Consumer Privacy Act and the California Privacy Rights Act" by Sherry-Maria Safchuk (Conference on Consumer Finance Law Quarterly Report)
The transformation of privacy laws in California has been swift. The rapid adoption of the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (“CCPA”), its regulations, and the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020 (“CPRA”) has required businesses to diligently track new consumer protections across privacy...
Articles"Chopra confirmed as CFPB director: What to expect" by John R. Coleman
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau under the leadership of Rohit Chopra appears poised to pursue an aggressive enforcement posture and test the limits of its authority in pursuit of broad market change. But the headline-grabbing enforcement actions expected under Chopra, whom the Senate...
Buckley Commentary & AnalysisSpecial Alert: CFPB proposes small business loan data collection regime
Over a decade ago, Congress enacted an amendment to the Equal Credit Opportunity Act that directed the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to implement a new regime for small business loan data collection similar to the regime that exists in the mortgage industry. Last week, a month before a court...
Special Alerts"Building effective internal communication channels" by Daniel R. Alonso, Andrew P. Pennacchia, Benjamin W. Hutten, and Norma Ramirez-Marin (from The Guide to Corporate Compliance, 2nd Ed.)
Daniel R. Alonso, Andrew P. Pennacchia, Benjamin W. Hutten, and Norma Ramirez-Marin wrote “Building effective internal communication channels,” a chapter in The Guide to Corporate Compliance, published by Latin Lawyer and designed to assist key corporate decision makers and their...
Books"The prosecutors owe New York silence: They must keep quiet as they consider charges against Cuomo" by Daniel R. Alonso (Daily News)
In the aftermath of New York Attorney General Letitia James’s thorough and critical report about alleged sexual harassment by Gov. Cuomo, no fewer than five elected district attorneys have announced that they will review the report for potential criminality. Although it focuses on allegations of...
Articles"Shedding light on dark patterns: What financial institutions need to know" by Elizabeth E. McGinn, Amanda R. Lawrence, Sherry-Maria Safchuk, and David Rivera (Cybersecurity Law Report)
Regulators, legislators and private litigants are increasingly looking at how companies attract and conduct business with consumers in online settings, and particularly whether these companies are designing user experiences to manipulate behavior in a way that can prove harmful to the consumer. The...
Articles"Challenges of voir dire in a white collar case" by Hank Asbill (The Champion)
Hank Asbill and Nadav Ariel wrote an article in the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers' The Champion magazine on the challenges of voir dire in a white collar case. Click here to read the full article . Subscription required.
ArticlesSpecial Alert: Colorado enacts comprehensive consumer privacy law
On July 7, the Colorado governor signed SB 21-190 to create the Colorado Privacy Act (CPA) and establish a framework for personal data privacy rights. Colorado now joins Virginia and California as the third state in the nation to enact comprehensive consumer privacy laws. In 2018, California became...
Special AlertsSpecial Alert: CFPB specifies pandemic foreclosure protections and signals tight supervision and enforcement around servicer efforts
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s Covid-relief mortgage servicing rule issued yesterday steered away from a nationwide foreclosure freeze as initially proposed, instead creating heightened protections for those borrowers who became seriously delinquent during the pandemic. The distinction...
Special Alerts"Lessons from the DA’s race: Manhattan voters don’t embrace radical criminal justice reforms" by Daniel R. Alonso (Daily News)
It’s over, sort of. Manhattan has never seen a district attorney election (well, primary, but let’s not quibble) like this one. Nine candidates threw their hat in the ring, and astonishingly, eight stuck it out to the end. We don’t yet have definitive results, but the in-person vote shows Alvin...
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