Consumer Privacy After Dodd-Frank: What Bankers Need to Know
Bankers and other financial product and service providers should expect to provide their consumer customers with far greater access to information than ever before. The financial reform law adopted...
View ArticleSUPREME COURT UPHOLDS ARBITRATION CLAUSES THAT DO NOT PERMIT CLASS ARBITRATION
The United States Supreme Court held yesterday that the Federal Arbitration Act preempted California state contract law which courts had applied to find arbitration agreements invalid if they did not...
View ArticleCFPB Releases Examination Manual
In October, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau published its first supervision examination manual which will be of interest to bankers and other financial service executives. On one level, the...
View ArticleDisclosure Requirements for Consumer and Business Deposit Accounts, as...
A variety of federal laws and regulations require banks and financial institutions to make certain disclosures to holders of deposit accounts. Many of these disclosures are designed for consumer...
View ArticleWebsite Accessibility Regulations Delayed Until 2018 but Banks Should Not...
By Porter Wright Long awaited Guidelines from the federal Department of Justice (DOJ) for website accessibility under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) are now expected sometime in 2018. But,...
View ArticleThe Ohio Legislature Creates an Alternative to the Judicial Foreclosure...
By Tami Hart Kirby The D.O.L.L.A.R. Deed Program for Ohio (the “Program”) was created following the passage of Substitute House Bill 303, and went into effect on September 28, 2016 in order to provide...
View ArticleNew CFPB Rule Limiting Arbitration Clauses Faces Possible Congressional Veto
By Steven Hoying The enforceability of arbitration clauses in financial contracts took a hit from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (the “CFPB”) this week, but threatened congressional action...
View ArticleOhio Amends the Good Funds Law Effective on September 29, 2017
By Tami Hart Kirby The Good Funds Law went into effect on April 6, 2017 amending Section 1349.21 of the Ohio Revised Code to require stricter controls for all residential real estate transactions...
View ArticleWebsite Accessibility Regulations Delayed Until 2018 but Banks Should Not...
By Porter Wright Long awaited Guidelines from the federal Department of Justice (DOJ) for website accessibility under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) are now expected sometime in 2018. But,...
View ArticleThe Ohio Legislature Creates an Alternative to the Judicial Foreclosure...
By Tami Hart Kirby The D.O.L.L.A.R. Deed Program for Ohio (the “Program”) was created following the passage of Substitute House Bill 303, and went into effect on September 28, 2016 in order to provide...
View ArticleNew CFPB Rule Limiting Arbitration Clauses Faces Possible Congressional Veto
By Steven Hoying The enforceability of arbitration clauses in financial contracts took a hit from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (the “CFPB”) this week, but threatened congressional action...
View ArticleOhio Amends the Good Funds Law Effective on September 29, 2017
By Tami Hart Kirby The Good Funds Law went into effect on April 6, 2017 amending Section 1349.21 of the Ohio Revised Code to require stricter controls for all residential real estate transactions...
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