Lawyers USA Online » Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act http://lawyersusaonline.com Your Business Partner Wed, 22 May 2013 14:16:16 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 CFPB issues new mortgage rules  http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2013/01/11/cfpb-issues-new-mortgage-rules/ http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2013/01/11/cfpb-issues-new-mortgage-rules/#comments Fri, 11 Jan 2013 14:17:51 +0000 Kimberly Atkins http://lawyersusaonline.com/?p=90503 WASHINGTON – The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has issued new rules designed to boost high-cost mortgage borrowers’ protections and provide them with better information and resources.

“Addressing problems in the mortgage market is critical to helping our economy recover,” said CFPB Director Richard Cordray in a statement announcing the rules
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]]> http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2013/01/11/cfpb-issues-new-mortgage-rules/feed/ 0 New SEC whistleblower data draws mixed reaction  http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2012/12/28/new-sec-whistleblower-data-draws-mixed-reaction/ http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2012/12/28/new-sec-whistleblower-data-draws-mixed-reaction/#comments Fri, 28 Dec 2012 15:36:49 +0000 Kimberly Atkins http://lawyersusaonline.com/?p=90259 WASHINGTON – In its first full year, a federal whistleblower program that boosted the amount of awards to employees and others who report credible information about fraud and other securities violations spurred more than 3,000 tips and resulted in one five-figure
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]]> http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2012/12/28/new-sec-whistleblower-data-draws-mixed-reaction/feed/ 0 IOLTA accounts set to lose unlimited FDIC protection  http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2012/12/26/iolta-accounts-set-to-lose-unlimited-fdic-protection/ http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2012/12/26/iolta-accounts-set-to-lose-unlimited-fdic-protection/#comments Wed, 26 Dec 2012 16:00:26 +0000 Kimberly Atkins http://lawyersusaonline.com/?p=90134 WASHINGTON – Unless Congress acts by year’s end, IOLTA accounts will lose the unlimited FDIC insurance protection that has been available to them since the enactment of the Dodd-Frank financial reform law.

The law, which gives unlimited protection to lawyers’ client
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]]> http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2012/12/26/iolta-accounts-set-to-lose-unlimited-fdic-protection/feed/ 0 New federal study makes case for student loan relief  http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2012/08/03/new-federal-study-makes-case-for-student-loan-relief/ http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2012/08/03/new-federal-study-makes-case-for-student-loan-relief/#comments Fri, 03 Aug 2012 15:34:55 +0000 Pat Murphy http://lawyersusaonline.com/?p=86593 A new federal study recommends changes in consumer protection and bankruptcy law to provide relief for those Americans saddled with a share of the country’s $1 trillion in student loan debt, largely blaming private lenders for the problem.

“Too many student
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]]> http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2012/08/03/new-federal-study-makes-case-for-student-loan-relief/feed/ 0 Several groups file suit challenging CFPB’s authority  http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2012/06/22/groups-file-suit-challenging-cfpbs-authority/ http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2012/06/22/groups-file-suit-challenging-cfpbs-authority/#comments Fri, 22 Jun 2012 12:29:37 +0000 Kimberly Atkins http://lawyersusaonline.com/?p=85422 WASHINGTON – Several organizations have filed a federal lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the provisions of the Dodd-Frank financial reform law that created a consumer watchdog agency with broad authority to regulate mortgages, credit cards and other consumer financial products from
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]]> http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2012/06/22/groups-file-suit-challenging-cfpbs-authority/feed/ 0 Bill would bar insurance coverage for civil penalties  http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2012/06/01/bill-would-bar-insurance-coverage-for-civil-penalties/ http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2012/06/01/bill-would-bar-insurance-coverage-for-civil-penalties/#comments Fri, 01 Jun 2012 20:47:09 +0000 Kimberly Atkins http://lawyersusaonline.com/?p=84857 WASHINGTON – Legislation that would prohibit officers, directors and employees from buying insurance to prevent them from personally paying compensation clawbacks or civil penalties for harmful actions they commit has been introduced in the House.

The bill, H.R. 5860, called the Executive Compensation Clawback Full Enforcement Act of 2012,
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]]> http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2012/06/01/bill-would-bar-insurance-coverage-for-civil-penalties/feed/ 0 Proposed rule targets debt collectors, credit agencies  http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2012/02/24/proposed-rule-targets-debt-collectors-credit-agencies/ http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2012/02/24/proposed-rule-targets-debt-collectors-credit-agencies/#comments Fri, 24 Feb 2012 17:40:15 +0000 Pat Murphy http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2012/02/24/proposed-rule-targets-debt-collectors-credit-agencies/ The new federal consumer protection bureau has proposed a rule that would place large-scale debt collectors and consumer reporting agencies under its “nonbank” supervision program.

“Our proposed rule would mean that those debt collectors and credit reporting agencies that qualify as
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]]> http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2012/02/24/proposed-rule-targets-debt-collectors-credit-agencies/feed/ 0 Bill to amend Dodd-Frank whistleblower rules advances  http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2011/12/21/bill-to-amend-dodd-frank-whistleblower-rules-advances/ http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2011/12/21/bill-to-amend-dodd-frank-whistleblower-rules-advances/#comments Wed, 21 Dec 2011 14:05:41 +0000 Kimberly Atkins http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2011/12/21/bill-to-amend-dodd-frank-whistleblower-rules-advances/ WASHINGTON – A bill that would require employees to report suspected corporate wrongdoing internally before alerting the government has been advanced by the Capital Markets Subcommittee of the House Financial Services Committee.

The Whistleblower Improvement Act of 2011, H.R. 2483,
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]]> http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2011/12/21/bill-to-amend-dodd-frank-whistleblower-rules-advances/feed/ 0 Blowing the whistle on new SEC whistleblower rules  http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2011/08/22/blowing-the-whistle-on-new-sec-bounty-rules/ http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2011/08/22/blowing-the-whistle-on-new-sec-bounty-rules/#comments Mon, 22 Aug 2011 21:43:49 +0000 Kimberly Atkins http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2011/08/22/blowing-the-whistle-on-new-sec-bounty-rules/ According to many employment and litigation defense attorneys, the new whistleblower and bounty provisions of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act are turning employees into potential adversaries.

They charge that the provisions give employees an incentive to report possible securities violations
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]]> http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2011/08/22/blowing-the-whistle-on-new-sec-bounty-rules/feed/ 0 SEC announces final whistleblower rules  http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2011/05/27/sec-announces-final-whistleblower-rules/ http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2011/05/27/sec-announces-final-whistleblower-rules/#comments Fri, 27 May 2011 22:11:40 +0000 Kimberly Atkins http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2011/05/27/sec-announces-final-whistleblower-rules/ WASHINGTON – Individuals who provide the Securities and Exchange Commission with credible whistleblower information will receive substantially boosted bounty awards under new rules issued by the agency.

On May 25, the SEC adopted final regulations creating a new whistleblower program under
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