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C. Ryan Barber, based in Washington, covers government affairs and regulatory compliance. Contact him at [email protected]. On Twitter: @cryanbarber
February 1, 2018 | National Law Journal
"Until these positions are filled, and new leaders have an opportunity to establish themselves, it will be difficult to determine DOJ's overall approach to white-collar enforcement," a Wachtell team wrote in a recent blog post.
By C. Ryan Barber
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January 31, 2018 | National Law Journal
The decision Wednesday upholding the agency's power structure won't be the last word. One of the sides, or both, could decide to take the dispute to the U.S. Supreme Court, and things could get tricky there. Meanwhile, companies lost one avenue of attack against the Obama-era agency. Here are three considerations of what's in play now.
By C. Ryan Barber
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January 30, 2018 | National Law Journal
Ballard Spahr, representing the New Jersey-based loan marketing company Top Notch Funding, pushed the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau for an alternative settlement amid the turmoil over the agency's leadership in recent months. The CFPB's revised settlement didn't significantly alter the terms.
By C. Ryan Barber
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January 30, 2018 | National Law Journal
Lawyers for Amazon, represented by the Greenville, South Carolina, firm Gallivan, White & Boyd, contend the consumers' claims must go to arbitration and that, additionally, the company is immune from liability under the federal Communications Decency Act.
By C. Ryan Barber
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January 24, 2018 | National Law Journal
Ohlhausen, who joined the FTC from Wilkinson Barker Knauer, would return to a court where she formerly clerked.
By C. Ryan Barber
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January 23, 2018 | National Law Journal
“Indeed, I think it is fair to say that the previous governing philosophy here was to aggressively 'push the envelope' in pursuit of the 'mission;' that we were the 'good guys' and the 'new sheriff in town,' out to fight the 'bad guys.' Simply put: that is what is going to be different,” Mulvaney told CFPB staff on Tuesday.
By C. Ryan Barber
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January 22, 2018 | New York Law Journal
According to the SEC, former inspectors from the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board used information about upcoming audit reviews to scrub their work on behalf of KPMG clients.
By Colby Hamilton | C. Ryan Barber
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January 22, 2018 | The Recorder
U.S. District Judge John F. Walter on Jan. 19 ruled the CFPB had failed to show that any restitution was appropriate. He ordered CashCall—represented by lawyers from Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom and Latham & Watkins—to pay a penalty of about $10.3 million, the statutory minimum.
By C. Ryan Barber
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January 18, 2018 | National Law Journal
"This case should never have been brought in the first place. We're pleased that the bureau has decided to withdraw a lawsuit," Lori Alvino McGill, a Wilkinson Walsh + Eskovitz partner, said about the CFPB's decision Thursday to drop a lawsuit against payday lenders in Kansas federal court.
By C. Ryan Barber
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January 3, 2018 | National Law Journal
"Mr. Mueller's investigation of Mr. Manafort has extended far beyond 'links and/or coordination between the Russian government,'" the complaint in DC federal court alleges.
By C. Ryan Barber
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