On June 5, 2025, a unanimous Supreme Court eliminated the requirement for a higher evidentiary standard for majority plaintiffs (white, male, heterosexual, etc.) who claim discrimination under Title VII (also known as reverse…
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/ Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law
President Trump’s proposed budget for Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 includes substantial reductions to the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) budget and staff. The proposed discretionary budget is slashed from $13.5 billion to $9…
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/ Administrative Law, Elections & Politics, Government Contracting, Labor & Employment Law
As previously reported, based on an unopposed motion submitted by the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) the October 2021 redlining consent order with Trustmark National Bank was…
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/ Civil Rights, Consumer Protection, Finance & Banking, Real Estate - Residential
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has filed a motion with a federal district court to terminate early the September 2022 consent order with Lakeland Bank (Lakeland) that settled allegations of redlining under the Fair Housing…
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/ Civil Rights, Consumer Protection, Finance & Banking, Real Estate - Residential
As previously reported, in March 2025 the CFPB and Townstone Financial (Townstone) filed a joint motion with a U.S. District Court seeking to reverse the November 2024 consent order between the parties that resolved CFPB…
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/ Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Consumer Protection, Finance & Banking, Real Estate - Residential
As spring begins to give way to summer, legislative activity shows no signs of cooling off. Our May TOPA Alert generated many questions and comments and a further update on the pending TOPA reform legislation is included..…
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/ Real Estate - Residential, Taxation, Zoning, Planning & Land Use
The House Financial Services Committee has approved a bill that would restrict the use of “trigger leads” in the mortgage industry…
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/ Administrative Law, Consumer Protection, Finance & Banking, Privacy, Real Estate - Residential
On June 9, 2025, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche issued a memorandum (the DAG memorandum) updating the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) enforcement guidelines for the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) in accordance with…
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/ Administrative Law, Commercial Law & Contracts, Criminal Law, International Law & Trade
The U.S. Supreme Court last week declined to resolve a potentially landmark issue in class action law. In the closely watched case of Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings v. Davis, the Court delivered a per curiam decision…
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/ Civil Procedure, Civil Remedies, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
The FTC has recently taken action against two student loan debt relief companies and their owners…
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/ Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Communications & Media Law, Consumer Protection, Education Law, Finance & Banking
The Senate Banking, Housing and Affairs Committee (Banking Committee) would eliminate the CFPB’s current funding source, as part of Committee’s Republican version of its part of the massive budget reconciliation bill, according…
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/ Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Consumer Protection, Elections & Politics, Finance & Banking
Washington is the latest state to enact a “mini-WARN” Act that will require employers with 50 or more full-time employees to provide at least 60 days’ notice to the state as well as any union or employees affected by a business…
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/ Labor & Employment Law
On June 4, 2025, the Digital Advertising Alliance (“DAA”), the self-regulatory body that sets and enforces privacy standards for digital advertising, announced it is launching a process to determine if it is necessary to issue…
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/ Communications & Media Law, Consumer Protection, Privacy, Science, Computers, & Technology
Effective May 1, 2025, the American Arbitration Association (“AAA”) amended its Consumer Arbitration Rules, including Rule 12 dealing with the registration of consumer arbitration clauses. The AAA stated that its goal was to…
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/ Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), Commercial Law & Contracts, Consumer Protection
The CFPB recently made filings with the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) regarding the following rules..…
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/ Administrative Law, Consumer Protection, Finance & Banking, Real Estate - Residential
