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C. Ryan Barber, based in Washington, covers government affairs and regulatory compliance. Contact him at [email protected]. On Twitter: @cryanbarber
April 17, 2017 | National Law Journal
For the second time this year, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has accused a law firm of using overly aggressive debt collection tactics.
By C. Ryan Barber
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April 13, 2017 | National Law Journal
The question hanging over the CFPB's arbitration rule—a proposal that drew tens of thousands of comments from consumer and business advocates—is less now about the finer points of the final rule than about whether the regulations will ever see the light of day at all. For the agency, the threat of a congressional override is not abstract. Republican lawmakers in the House and Senate proposed bills to tear up the CFPB's prepaid card rule.
By C. Ryan Barber
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April 13, 2017 | The Recorder
In 2014, as general counsel to the U.S. Transportation Department, Katie Thomson shared a piece of advice she often gives to young lawyers: "What you do in your life is important but who you work with is equally important." Less than a year after leaving the Obama administration to join Morrison & Foerster, where she was chairwoman of the firm's transportation group, Thomson is now moving on to a newly created position at Amazon.com Inc.
By C. Ryan Barber
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April 10, 2017 | National Law Journal
Shearman & Sterling's report on the Wells Fargo sham-accounts scandal didn't hold any punches. And the bank's law department didn't escape scrutiny. The report found the law department "did not appreciate that sales integrity issues reflected a systemic breakdown in Wells Fargo's culture and values and an ongoing failure to correct the widespread breaches of trust in the misuse of customers' personal data and financial information." Wells Fargo CEO Tim Sloan said the report provides a new opportunity to "learn from our mistakes."
By C. Ryan Barber
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April 5, 2017 | National Law Journal
Republicans on Wednesday seized on their first chance chance to confront CFPB Director Richard Cordray since the November election, stepping up their calls for the director to be fired or to step down willingly—perhaps to pursue his rumored interest in the Ohio governor's race. Cordray's appearance on Capitol Hill was also the first since an appeals court, ruling for the mortgage lender PHH Corp., said the CFPB's single-director scheme is unconstitutionally structured.
By C. Ryan Barber
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April 4, 2017 | International Edition
Financial disclosures reveal salaries and clients of former Jones Day, Dentons, Kirkland and Davis Polk lawyers
By C Ryan Barber and Katelyn Polantz
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April 4, 2017 | International Edition
Financial disclosures reveal salaries and clients of former Jones Day, Dentons, Kirkland and Davis Polk lawyers
By C Ryan Barber and Katelyn Polantz
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April 3, 2017 | International Edition
German automaker continues efforts to move past multibillion-dollar emissions scandal
By C Ryan Barber
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April 3, 2017 | International Edition
German automaker continues efforts to move past multibillion-dollar emissions scandal
By C Ryan Barber
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March 7, 2017 | International Edition
Former Cravath presiding partner to lead US bank's legal team after 'sham account' scandal
By C Ryan Barber
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