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CFPB General Counsel Meredith Fuchs and CFPB Assistant General Counsel for Law and Policy Anne Zorc spoke last week at the Georgetown Consumer Law Society and Citizen Works’ symposium entitled “Making the Fine Print Fair.” The CFPB’s representatives focused on the Bureau’s updates to the RESPA-TILA integrated disclosures rule, about which we previously reported.… Continue Reading

The CFPB announced today that the following “experts” have been named to senior positions on the CFPB’s leadership team: 

  • Jeffrey Langer has joined the CFPB as the Assistant Director of Installment and Liquidity Lending Markets in the Bureau’s Research, Markets, and Regulations Division.  Mr. Langer most recently served as senior counsel at Macy’s, Inc.
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Please join us in offering well wishes to Karen Morgan, a Mortgage Banking Group associate in the Washington, D.C., office who is leaving Ballard Spahr for a new opportunity at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Karen will be Attorney-Advisor in the CFPB’s Office of Supervision Policy under its Division of Supervision, Enforcement, and Fair Lending.… Continue Reading

CFPB Director Richard Cordray, who was an undefeated, five-time Jeopardy! champion, will be returning to the show this Wednesday, February 5.  He will be participating in
the “Battle of the Decades,” a special that brings back former champions to celebrate the show’s 30th anniversary.  Mr. Cordray will be part of “1980s week,” having won $45,303 in 1987. … Continue Reading

We have learned that Jeff Langer, an experienced attorney with a strong industry background, will be joining the CFPB to serve as Assistant Director, Installment and Liquidity Lending Markets.  In that position, Jeff will oversee auto and student lending.  (Corey Stone, CFPB Assistant Director, Deposits, Cash, Collections and Reporting Markets, will continue to oversee smaller dollar loan markets, including payday and auto title loans.) … Continue Reading

We have learned that, starting Monday, Laura Udis will join the CFPB as the Payday and Small Dollar Lending Program Manager in Research, Markets and Regulations. Ms. Udis comes to the CFPB from the Consumer Federation of America, where she served as Senior Advocate for Financial Services and worked on consumer credit, debt collection and debt settlement issues.… Continue Reading

Rumors have circulated for some time that Director Cordray might be considering a run at becoming Ohio governor.  However, Politico has reported that at its Morning Money Breakfast today, Director Cordray indicated that he has set politics aside for the time being and does not plan to run for political office as long as he is CFPB Director. … Continue Reading

Yesterday we blogged about CFPB Bulletin 2013-09, which examined the CFPB’s expectations of furnishers investigating disputes under the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). The FCRA was also the topic of a panel sponsored by the Consumer Financial Services Committee at the American Bar Association’s Annual Meeting in San Francisco on Friday, August 9.… Continue Reading

Director Cordray announced today that Steven Antonakes has officially been named CFPB Deputy Director.  Mr. Antonakes was appointed Acting Deputy Director in January 2013 following the departure of Raj Date.  Director Cordray also announced that Mr. Antonakes will continue to serve as Associate Director for Supervision, Enforcement, and Fair Lending.

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