Personal jurisdiction of US courts: the price of selling worldwide coverage *

USA - July 30 2012
Insurance companies that offer worldwide coverage should take notice.

Co-authors: Mark C. Goodman, Peter M. Kramer.

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Banks, credit unions and payday lending examinations and investigations *

United Kingdom, USA - July 12 2012
Banks, credit unions and other consumer lenders that offer short-term loans and financial products (or payday-like loans) should take notice.

Co-authors: Traci H. Rollins , Mark C. Dosker, Pierre H. Bergeron, Brian A. Cabianca , Abby E. Brown.

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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and payday lending examinations *

USA - May 31 2012
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), created under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010, has made payday lending a regulatory priority for 2012.

Co-authors: Amy Bloom , Traci H. Rollins , Mark C. Dosker, Pierre H. Bergeron, Brian A. Cabianca .

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The US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s busy December: 14 interim final rulemaking proceedings *

USA - January 13 2012
The Dodd-FrankWall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the Dodd-Frank Act) transferred rulemaking authority for a number of consumer financial protection laws from seven federal agencies to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (the CFPB) as of July 21, 2011.

Co-authors: Amy L. Brown, Aaron A. Seamon, James J. Barresi, Patrick J. Fields , David L. Lapides.

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Significant shift in landscape for consumer arbitrations *

USA - July 24 2009
The landscape for consumer arbitrations – particularly debt-collection arbitrations – changed dramatically this week.

Co-authors: Amy L. Brown, James J. Barresi, Pierre H. Bergeron, Robert D. Lehman.

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