New York State recently enacted a law requiring companies doing business in New York to disclose when they use an algorithm based on an individual consumer’s personal data to set pricing for a good or service advertised or sold to that consumer. That practice, also known as “surveillance pricing,” enables…
The Federal Communication Commission (FCC) has recently issued a final rule under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), which formally eliminates a prior rule which had required that a customer’s “prior written consent” to receive telemarketing “robocalls” be limited to receiving those calls from one specific seller. 47 CFR §…
As we recently reported, there have been rollbacks of consumer protections on the federal level, including the curtailing of enforcement activity at the CFPB. In response to this activity, on March 13, 2025, the New York Office of the Attorney General (OAG) announced its support of new legislation to enable…
On October 17, 2024, the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced that it had filed an action in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York against an online lender of student loans, its wholly-owned subsidiaries, and the owners and operators of those entities (collectively, the Company)…
On June 30, 2024, the Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia filed an action against an online ticket exchange and resale website alleging violations of the District of Columbia’s Consumer Protection Procedures Act (D.C. Code §28-3904(e)). The complaint alleges that the company used deceptive and unfair…
On May 16, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a significant opinion in Consumer Financial Protection Bureau v. Community Financial Services Association of America, Ltd., upholding the funding structure of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). 601 U.S. 416. In a previous post, we reported that on October 3, 2023,…
On January 9, 2024, the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (DFPI) announced that it entered into a consent order with a Delaware fintech company that provided California consumers with access to an internet-based platform for merchants to offer installment payments for the purchase of outdoor-adventure equipment. According to the consent order, since at…
On November 20, 2023, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced that it entered into a consent order with the auto-financing arm of a major automaker in the amount of $60 million, resolving allegations that the corporation violated the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). Under the order, the corporation will pay $48 million in damages to…
On March 24, 2023, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) announced that it had issued an advisory letter to a United States-based neobank, demanding that the company immediately cease and desist and take immediate corrective action to address allegedly false and misleading statements regarding the company’s insured status under the Federal Deposit…