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C. Ryan Barber, based in Washington, covers government affairs and regulatory compliance. Contact him at [email protected]. On Twitter: @cryanbarber
August 17, 2017 | National Law Journal
In a court filing earlier this month, pension advance provider Future Income Payments said the CFPB was demanding information from state authorities that the company provided “generally under confidentiality restrictions.”
By C. Ryan Barber
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August 2, 2017 | National Law Journal
Rather than roll the dice in a hazy regulatory environment, the gaming industry is pressing the U.S. Treasury Department for greater clarity about how casinos should handle money connected to the booming legalized cannabis market.
By C. Ryan Barber
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July 25, 2017 | National Law Journal
The Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday awarded nearly $2.5 million to a government worker who helped regulators launch an investigation and eventually crack down on a company's misconduct, the first such whistleblower bounty issued to an employee of a government agency.
By Sue Reisinger and C. Ryan Barber
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July 10, 2017 | National Law Journal
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Monday finalized a sweeping new rule banning arbitration agreements that prevent class actions against banks and other financial institutions, setting the stage for parallel legal and political fights over a regulation that Republican lawmakers will seek to overturn before it sees the light of day.
By C. Ryan Barber
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July 5, 2017 | National Law Journal
The Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday adopted an indemnity policy that will shield lawyers and other staff from any personal liability for enforcement actions that draw a lawsuit and expose them to a monetary judgment. The new policy comes as two FTC lawyers press for immunity, in court, over their roles in a data-breach case against the now-shuttered medical device company LabMD.
By C. Ryan Barber
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June 28, 2017 | National Law Journal
The head of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's whistleblower office defended broad anti-retaliation protections for corporate insiders on Wednesday, just days after the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to consider when employees are entitled to those safeguards under the Dodd-Frank Act.
By C. Ryan Barber
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June 12, 2017 | National Law Journal
The U.S. Treasury Department on Monday slammed the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau as "unaccountable to the American people" and laid out sweeping reforms that hew closely to legal challenges brought by financial companies and to a U.S. House Republican plan to curb the power of the Obama-era agency.
By C. Ryan Barber
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May 31, 2017 | National Law Journal
The CFPB is being targeted by Congress, Trump, the courts, and corporate and business leaders. What does this mean for the structure and mission of a critical Obama-legacy agency; for Cordray himse
By C. Ryan Barber
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May 31, 2017 | National Law Journal
The CFPB is being targeted by Congress, Trump, the courts, and corporate and business leaders. What does this mean for the structure and mission of a critical Obama-legacy agency; for Cordray himself; and for consumers.
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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