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CFPB refers first debt collection case for criminal prosecution

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 9 2013

On May 7, 2013, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ("CFPB") announced the first criminal prosecution of a debt-relief service provider that

With securities case dismissal, another loss in the southern district for LIBOR plaintiffs

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 15 2013

On Monday, Southern District of New York Judge Shira Scheindlin dismissed the entire suit in Gusinsky v. Barclays, without leave to amend and with

FTC urges greater federal regulation of general-purpose reloadable stored value cards

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • August 9 2012

The FTC has filed comments to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, urging it to impose greater regulation of electronic payment devices to include general purpose, reloadable cards not marketed as gift cards, including creating disclosure requirements for fees and expiration dates

New FRB regulations affecting foreign bank owned insurers

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 29 2013

Last Friday, the Federal Reserve Board (FRB) proposed rules to strengthen the oversight of U.S. operations of foreign banks.The proposal, which

FRB issues final rule on SIFIs

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 15 2013

On April 3, 2013, the Federal Reserve Board ("FRB") approved a final rule ("Final Rule") that establishes (1) definitions of the terms "significant

Court denies Wells Fargo’s motion to dismiss on statute of limitations grounds

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 10 2010

The United States District Court for the Northern District of California recently granted in part and denied in part motions to dismiss a class action brought by a class of purchasers of mortgage pass-through certificates

Freddie Mac suit may change LIBOR litigation landscape

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 28 2013

In a complaint filed last week in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, home mortgage purchaser Freddie Mac has injected

Hawala banking: a potential tool for funding terrorism

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • August 7 2008

An ancient financial system known as “hawala” is drawing new attention in the modern-day war against terrorism

Roy Woodall nominated as voting member of FSOC

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 30 2011

On June 27, 2011, the Obama Administration nominated Roy Woodall as a voting member of the Financial Stability Oversight Council ("FSOC"

The LIBOR situation - a public finance perspective

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • July 19 2012

On June 27, 2012, the British Financial Services Authority, the US Commodities Futures Trading Commission and the US Department of Justice imposed fines aggregating more than $450 million against a leading London-based bank to settle allegations of LIBOR manipulation

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