Citing President Trump’s Executive Order, the SBA has sent letters to its network of more than 5,000 lenders instructing them to end what the Trump Administration said is politicized or unlawful debanking. The SBA is requiring all lenders to stop debanking and reinstate qualified customers who were denied services on the basis of political, religious or ideological beliefs.… Continue Reading| Consumer Finance Monitor
On August 7, President Trump signed a landmark executive order, “Guaranteeing Fair Banking for All Americans.” This sweeping action prohibits financial institutions of any size from denying services to individuals or businesses based on political or religious beliefs, orientation, or lawful industry involvement. The order is already being called one of the most consequential banking actions in years.… Continue Reading| Consumer Finance Monitor
Republican senators on the Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee are asking banking regulators to review their process of using Matters Requiring Attention (MRA) in the bank supervisory process. “If used effectively, these are valuable supervisory tools that can mitigate broader issues and maintain financial stability,” 11 GOP senators said in aletterto the FDIC, OCC and the Federal Reserve.… Continue Reading| Consumer Finance Monitor
Thirty-two attorneys general representing states, territories and Washington, D.C. are asking Congress to pass legislation to provide financial| Consumer Finance Monitor
Dutch authorities have completed an investigation into cannabis in candy that prompted Haribo to issue a recall. The Public Prosecution Service (Openbaar Ministerie) said no criminal prosecution will be filed. The agency said the candy manufacturer was not involved in the case. At the end of May, the Dutch Food... Continue Reading| Food Safety News
The Food and Drug Administration uses import alerts to enforce U.S. food safety regulations for food from foreign countries. The agency updates and modifies the alerts as needed. Recent modifications to FDA’s import alerts, as posted by the agency, are listed below. Click here to go to the FDA page... Continue Reading| Food Safety News
The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) will assume responsibility for enforcing the “Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder (SUD) Patient Records” regulations at 42 CFR part 2 (“Part 2”), which protect the privacy of patients’ SUD treatment records. The announcement was published in the Federal Register on August 26. The Part 2 regulations predate HIPAA and [...]| The HIPAA E-Tool
The owner of a burger restaurant linked to a large botulism outbreak in Saudi Arabia in 2024 has gone into liquidation. The outbreak affected 75 people in| Food Safety News
On August 19, Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell announced a $795,000 settlement with a property management company for alleged violations of the Massachusetts Consumer Protection Act, and the Massachusetts Data Security Law and Data Security Regulations. The AG alleged that the company failed to maintain reasonable data security practices and delayed required notifications to... Continue Reading|
On August 8, the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland issued an opinion partially granting an earned wage access (EWA) provider’s motion to dismiss that challenged whether the company operated as an unlicensed lender in violation of the Maryland Consumer Loan Law (MCLL), charged unlawful fees, and failed to comply with disclosure obligations... Continue Reading|
On August 18, the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (DFPI) announced a $2.3 million settlement with a former mortgage lender and servicer for alleged violations of the California Residential Mortgage Lending Act and California Financing Law. According to the DFPI, the company improperly charged thousands of California borrowers per diem interest in excess of... Continue Reading|
As part of its enforcement activities, the Food and Drug Administration sends warning letters to entities under its jurisdiction. Some letters are not posted for public view until weeks or months after they are sent. Business owners have 15 days to respond to FDA warning letters. Warning letters often are... Continue Reading| Food Safety News
The Food and Drug Administration uses import alerts to enforce U.S. food safety regulations for food from foreign countries. The agency updates and modifies the alerts as needed. Recent modifications to FDA’s import alerts, as posted by the agency, are listed below. Click here to go to the FDA page... Continue Reading| Food Safety News
Introduction On 22 July 2025, the UK Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (“OFSI”), which is responsible for the enforcement of financial sanctions in the UK, opened a public consultation on proposed amendments to its civil monetary penalty procedures. The consultation (available here) seeks input on five key categories of amendments to OFSI’s current civil enforcement [...] The post UK OFSI Consultation on Civil Monetary Penalty Processes appeared first on Global Sanctions and ...| Global Sanctions and Export Controls Blog
Exec allegedly allocated unfair share of winning trades to his own account The post SEC settles adviser ‘cherry picking’ case appeared first on Investment Executive.| Investment Executive
For brands and manufacturers selling on Amazon, unauthorized third-party sellers… Read more| Brand Alignment
31 Jul 25 Some councils have such poor enforcement of rules on private rentals that just one officer has to monitor 25,000 properties. That’s the claim from think tank the New Economics Foundation, which says that by contrast the better-resourced councils have one officer overseeing just 250 properties. The NEF says the lack of staff […]| Landlord Licensing & Defence
An internal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau memo says the agency will shift enforcement and supervisory work to the states and cease oversight of all nonbanks and Big Tech firms.| American Banker
Earlier this month, the California Privacy Protection Agency (“CPPA”) filed a petition in Sacramento County Superior Court to enforce an investigative| Inside Privacy
Background The European Union continues to expand its sanctions regime against Russia and Belarus. The latest – the 18th – EU Russia/Belarus sanctions package was published on 19 July 2025, and included a range of additional sanctions, mainly targeting the Russian energy, banking and military industries, but also individuals and the Russian shadow fleet (see [...] The post EU Commission calls on Member states to transpose Directive setting minimum criminalisation standards for sanctions v...| Global Sanctions and Export Controls Blog
On 31 July 2025, the UK Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (“OFSI”) announced that it had imposed a monetary penalty totalling GBP 300,000 on Markom Management Limited (“MML”), a provider of fiduciary, management, administration, bookkeeping and accounting services incorporated in the UK. The monetary penalty related to conduct in 2018 and a breach of the [...] The post UK Financial Sanctions Update: OFSI Imposes Monetary Penalty on Markom Management Limited appeared first o...| Global Sanctions and Export Controls Blog
On July 18, the CFPB terminated a 2024 consent order against a credit union after concluding that the entity had satisfied certain monetary and| Consumer Finance and Fintech Blog
A new report describes how the Trump administration’s extreme actions on immigration threaten the foundations of U.S. democracy.| American Immigration Council
On July 11, 2025, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced a proposed $9 million settlement resolving its November 2021 lawsuit against a| Consumer Finance and Fintech Blog
The agency is trying to protect its ability to levy fines.| Broadband Breakfast
The U.S. Department of Justice recently announced the formation of the Market, Government, and Consumer Fraud Unit (MGCF Unit). The MGCF will reportedly sit within the DOJ’s Fraud Section. Although the details of the MGCF Unit’s precise remit are still forthcoming, we expect the MGCF Unit will be empowered to pursue criminal investigations and prosecutions| Import and Trade Remedies Blog
On June 30, 2025, AB 130 was passed by the California Legislature and signed into law by Governor Newsom. This law is effective immediately! The overall goal of the bill was to expedite housing ...| HOA Lawyer Blog
Accusing the Trump Administration of “dismantling” the CFPB, New York City Comptroller Brad Lander is calling on city and state officials to fill the void| Consumer Finance Monitor
The post INTERIM MEASURES IN ARBITRATION: THE SERBIAN PERSPECTIVE appeared first on АНАЛИ.| ANALI
Appeal for stay from Cacoeli Group real estate companies rejected| Investment Executive
Ontario's Capital Markets Tribunal ordered over $27 million in monetary sanctions — disgorgement, penalties and costs.| Investment Executive
Shields Health faces a $15.35 million settlement of proposed class action lawsuits, demonstrating the importance of HIPAA compliance and privacy.| The HIPAA E-Tool
Latest data from the Bank of England has shown that the number of new mortgages competed by lenders jumped 50.4% to £77.6 billion in the first three| Credit Connect
On March 12, 2025, the California Privacy Protection Agency (the “CPPA”) announced a decision and stipulated final order stemming from its investigation of the American Honda Motor Company’s (the “Company” or “Honda”) data privacy practices. In addition to implementing changes in its practices, the Company agreed to pay an administrative fine of $632,500. The decision [...]| Debevoise Data Blog
Our top-five European data protection developments from February are: European Commission publishes guidelines on prohibited AI practices: The EU Commission has published non-binding guidance on the EU AI Act’s prohibited use cases. European Parliamentary Research Service Report Highlights Tension Between the EU AI Act and GDPR: The ERPS published a report warning of a potential [...]| Debevoise Data Blog
On February 20, 2025, the SEC announced the creation of the Cyber and Emerging Technologies Unit (“CETU”) to focus on “combatting cyber-related misconduct and to protect retail investors from bad actors in the emerging technologies space.” In this blog post, we provide an overview of the announcement, which illustrates that the Trump administration will continue [...]| Debevoise Data Blog
Introduction On December 20, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (the “FTC”) finalized a consent agreement (“Consent Order”) with Marriott International, Inc. and its subsidiary Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide LLC (collectively, “Marriott”) to settle allegations that Marriott failed to implement reasonable data security measures, resulting in three large data breaches from 2014 to 2020 and [...]| Debevoise Data Blog
Our top-eleven European data protection developments for the end of 2024 are: EU Cyber Resilience Act: The Council of the European Union approved the Cyber Resilience Act, introducing cybersecurity requirements for digital products sold in the EU. Businesses may wish to start applying the requirements to products and processes ahead of the Act becoming fully [...]| Debevoise Data Blog
As we approach the end of the year, here are the Top 11 Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) posts on the Debevoise Data Blog in 2024 by page views. If you are not already a Blog subscriber, click here to sign up. Good AI Vendor Risk Management Is Hard, But Doable (September 26, 2024) As companies slowly [...]| Debevoise Data Blog
On October 22, 2024, the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced that The Pennsylvania State University (“Penn State”), a public university in University Park, Pennsylvania, agreed to pay $1.25 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act (the “FCA”). Specifically, Penn State allegedly failed to meet cybersecurity requirements in federal government contracts, [...]| Debevoise Data Blog
On October 22, 2024, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) announced settled charges in separate actions against four technology companies—Avaya Holdings Corp. (“Avaya”), Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (“Check Point”), Mimecast Limited (“Mimecast”), and Unisys Corp. (“Unisys”)—each of which was a downstream victim of the unprecedented 2020 cyber-attack in which threat actors believed [...]| Debevoise Data Blog
In the UK, unannounced inspections of businesses’ premises, or “dawn raids”, are most often associated with authorities such as the Serious Fraud Office, National Crime Agency, Competition and Markets Authority and Metropolitan Police. However, data controllers and processers should be aware that the UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (“ICO”) can also carry out dawn raids as [...]| Debevoise Data Blog
Our top-five European data protection developments from August are: Uber fined for personal data transfer: The Dutch Data Protection Authority fined Uber €290 million for the unlawful transfer of European drivers’ personal data to the U.S., following Uber’s move away from relying on the standard contractual clauses (“SCCs”) in 2021. Businesses may wish to assess [...]| Debevoise Data Blog
Our top five European data protection developments from July are: EU AI guidance: Businesses should consider reviewing their AI policies and practices following guidance from the French CNIL and the Irish DPC recommending that businesses conduct AI risk assessments and prepare AI policies and procedures, alongside the EDPB’s statement supporting the appointment of DPAs as [...]| Debevoise Data Blog
On July 18, 2024, in the landmark SEC v. SolarWinds Corp. case, U.S. District Judge Paul Engelmayer dismissed the majority of the claims brought by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) against SolarWinds Corporation (“SolarWinds”), including the SEC’s previously untested claim that alleged deficiencies in SolarWinds’ cybersecurity controls amounted to violations of the internal accounting [...]| Debevoise Data Blog
Companies across a range of industries are increasingly incorporating artificial intelligence (“AI”) into their businesses. As with any new technology, AI presents a number of questions concerning its relation to and compliance with antitrust laws. U.S. antitrust enforcers under the current administration have expressed a range of concerns around AI, including its effects on the [...]| Debevoise Data Blog
In an unprecedented settlement, on June 18, 2024, the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) announced that communications and marketing provider R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co. (“RRD”) agreed to pay approximately $2.1 million to resolve charges arising out of its response to a 2021 ransomware attack. According to the SEC, RRD’s response to the [...]| Debevoise Data Blog
As Trump continues to ramp up immigration enforcement, new “red flags” emerged, like policies that erode the basic rights of immigrants.| Immigration Impact
Food Standards Scotland (FSS) has welcomed the conviction of a man who made fraudulent claims about tea. Thomas Robinson, 52, was found guilty on two| Food Safety News
Quietly, the NYPD has changed policy and will now make criminal cases against cyclists who go through red lights, a change that will have predictable and unpredictable ramifications.| nyc.streetsblog.org
The latest HIPAA enforcement action from the Trump administration underscores the importance of a thorough HIPAA risk analysis every year.| The HIPAA E-Tool
Ontario Premier Doug Ford says his government will contribute $50 million for patrol helicopters to beef up the province’s capacity to defend the border amid a tariff dispute with the United States.| True North
As our world becomes increasingly digital, the importance of cybersecurity has never been more critical. In the first blog post in our series for| cyber/data/privacy insights
In this first installment of our series on the automotive and mobility sector, Cooley cyber/data/privacy lawyers introduce the key data privacy legal| cyber/data/privacy insights
This HIPAA training outline covers all the key topics and will boost your confidence, whether you are starting new or improving existing training.| The HIPAA E-Tool
Operations at a company in Lithuania have been suspended after food agency inspectors were denied entry to the premises during an inspection. The State| Food Safety News
In 2024, many organisations have been eager to look at how they can use the data they hold to debut or build on their artificial intelligence (AI)| Data Protection Report
Almost three years ago, in December 2021, I concluded on this blog that, in terms of progress towards the creation of a single enforcement body for workplace rights – a reform I had first pro…| Labour Pains
On July 22, a Texas-based lease-to-own company filed suit against the CFPB in Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Texas alleging that its| Consumer Finance and Fintech Blog
About 1600 people have been taken off a “No Services” list that previously kept them from accessing services at the shelter. The Mission still doesn't share its full policies publicly.| Shasta Scout
Legal expert Michael Zullo helps us navigate the new DOJ standards and the challenges companies face as they try to make sense of their responsibilities.| Tamman Inc
These public sector rule changes will have downstream effects on private organizations that provide public-facing services and third-party technology tools.| Tamman Inc
Despite immigrants' contributions, Governor Ron DeSantis and other state leaders continue to support policies that harm immigrants.| Immigration Impact
Introduction The recent adoption of the European Media Freedom Act (EMFA)[1] has been presented by European institutions as an important step forward in the effective protection of freedom of the media in the continent. The European Commission considers this Regulation as a culmination of some sort within a series of measures to protect mediaRead More| MediaLaws
President Biden issued a sweeping order that allows him to “suspend the entry” of most migrants who cross the border between ports of entry.| Immigration Impact
National Radio and Television Administration General Office Guang Dian Ban Fa (2021) 267 All provincial, autonomous region and municipal radio and television bureaus, the Xinjiang Production-Constr…| China Copyright and Media
A rule of law society is the foundation for building a rule of law country, building a rule of law society is an important component part of realizing the modernization of the national governance s…| China Copyright and Media
Chapter I: General provisions Article 1: These Regulations are formulated in order to standardize Internet public account information services, safeguard national security and the public interest, …| China Copyright and Media
On January 17, 2024, the Supreme People's Court of China (“SPC”) published its decision upholding a ruling in favor of Sennics Chemical Technology Co.,| The Brand Protection Blog
Baltimore, MD – Blue Water Baltimore, along with its attorneys at Chesapeake Legal Alliance and Saul Ewing, LLP announce today a settlement agreement with Fleischmann’s Vinegar Company for alleged pollution violations into the Jones Falls, a local waterway in Baltimore which drains to the Inner Harbor. | Blue Water Baltimore
The proliferation of state consumer privacy laws continues into 2024. On March 6, 2024, New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu signed SB255, the New Hampshire| cyber/data/privacy insights
WARNING: This blog post contains words of praise for the Tories. This post should have appeared on Hard Labour a couple of months ago. However, when I realised what I would be saying, I had to undertake a course of cognitive behavioural therapy. But I’m all right now. Between 2000 and 2013, while working as […]| Hard Labour
Last time we checked, the mortality rate was 100%. This means that owners of real property within homeowners associations (“HOA’s” or “Associations”) will inevitably pass away at some point. This leaves many questions for Boards and management about how to navigate issues surrounding the separate interest still titled in the name of the deceased. Enforcement […] The post Knock, Knock,We’re Coming In… Collection and Enforcement Against Deceased Homeowners appeared first on HOA ...| HOA Lawyer Blog
