The 23rd Annual Consumer Financial Services Institute, sponsored by the Practising Law Institute, will take place on March 26-27, 2018, in New York City (and by live webcast and groupcast in Atlanta, Cleveland, and New Brunswick, New Jersey); and on May 7-8, 2018, in Chicago. For the first time in many years, on June 25-26, 2018, the Institute will also be presented in San Francisco (and by live webcast).
This year’s Institute will explore in detail a number of important developments in consumer financial services regulation and litigation. I am again co-chairing the event, as I have for the past 22 years.
With the resignation of former CFPB Director Cordray and President Trump’s appointment of Mick Mulvaney as CFPB Acting Director, the agenda and activity of the CFPB is already undergoing significant change. Further significant change can be expected under the new permanent Director who is eventually appointed and confirmed. At the same time, state attorneys general and regulators are threatening to fill any void created by a less aggressive CFPB.
As was the case last year, the lead-off morning session on the first day will feature a panel discussion devoted to CFPB developments. During that almost two-hour program, I will moderate a discussion among experienced industry lawyers (one of whom will be my partner Chris Willis at the New York and Chicago programs) and consumer lawyers who closely follow the CFPB’s regulatory, supervisory, and enforcement activities. If your practice involves the CFPB, you will not want to miss this panel discussion.
The first day will also include a one-hour panel titled “Federal Regulators Speak: Priorities & Coordination” that will feature representatives of the FTC and DOJ who will be joined in New York and Chicago by former Acting Comptroller of the Currency, Keith Noreika. In San Francisco, the FTC and DOJ representatives will be joined by a FDIC representative.
New to the Institute this year will be a panel on the second day that will discuss the rapidly changing landscape for marketplace lending and fintech. My partner Scott Pearson will be part of the San Francisco panel.
The Institute will also focus on a variety of other cutting-edge issues and developments, including:
- Privacy and data security issues
- FCRA/debt collection issues
- Class action and litigation developments
- State regulatory and enforcement developments
- Plaintiff lawyers’ perspective of regulatory and litigation issues under Trump Administration
We hope you can join us for this informative and valuable program. PLI has made a special 25 percent discounted registration fee available to those who register using the link that follows. To register and view a complete description of PLI’s 23rd Annual Consumer Financial Services Institute, click here.
For more information, contact Danielle Cohen at 212.824.5857 or dcohen@pli.edu.