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1.6KRetailSettling Consumer Disputes With Digital Solutions
For Teel Lidow, it was supposed to be a vacation, not a business trip. He went to Chile, expecting to return to...
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5.4KCFPBCFPB Arbitration Rule Officially Dead
Null and void. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)’s much debated, loved and hated arbitration rule has been officially killed through the...
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9.0KCFPBPresident Trump Seals The Arbitration Deal
The White House announced that President Donald Trump signed a Congressional resolution allowing banks to block customers from filing class-action lawsuits. According...
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4.7KCFPBSenate Votes To Strike Down CFPB Arbitration Rule
The arbitration clause rule has been formally smacked down by the U.S. Senate — after the 50-50 tie vote was broken by...
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3.4KRegulationCalifornia Passes Strict Statute To Curtail Arbitration Clause
California, with the signature of Governor Jerry Brown, has officially passed a law that will make it easier for consumers to sue...
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4.7KSizzle/FizzleFizzle Of The Week: Puerto Rico’s Cash Crisis
Sizzle Toys R Us: Might the beleaguered retailer, which recently filed for bankruptcy, have a lifeline that is enough to keep kids...
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5.0KCFPBCFPB Rule On Arbitration Possibly To Be Overturned
The U.S. Senate is expecting to overturn a new ban on banks and credit card companies requiring customers to surrender their right...
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5.3KCFPBCould Equifax Be The Unexpected (And Unwilling) Savior Of The Arbitration Rule?
One week ago, the CFPB’s arbitration rule seemed more or less doomed to the scrap heap of financial regulatory history. Although it was...
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5.7KInternationalBitcoin to Make India Inroads?
Bitcoin may be volatile, but as India goes cashless, the cryptocurrency might find its way into the arsenal of legal tender not...
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3.9KCFPBThe Comptroller Has Asked The CFPB To Delay The New Arbitration Rule
Despite its recent passage by the CFPB, it looks like the rule banning mandatory arbitration in financial contracts is facing yet another...
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6.7KCFPBCFPB Arbitration Rule Dominates Regulatory News
The CFPB opens the door to class action suits, and possibly trial lawyer riches, while across the pond, some warnings on regulatory...
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3.9KCFPBCongressional Republicans Say They Will Move To Strike Down CFPB Arbitration Rule
Republican lawmakers have stated their intention to use the Congressional Review Act to overturn the arbitration rule issued by the Consumer Finance...
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CFPB Ruling Says Long Live The Trial Bar
Speak softly and carry a big rule. The CFPB yesterday proclaimed that arbitration is dead and long live class action law suits...
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6.2KCFPBNew Prepaid Card Rules Survived The CRA (Payday Lending Regs Might Not)
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) rulemaking authority survived its first big challenge from the now Republican-dominated houses of Congress when an...
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1.5KLegalUber Wants To Handle Waymo Case Via Arbitration
A new court document filed by Uber indicates that the company thinks some parts of the case between Waymo and Uber/Otto can be handled...
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3.6KRidesharingUber Wants Court To Confirm Arbitrator’s Ruling
Uber is calling on a judge in California to uphold a ruling from an arbitrator that denied a driver’s attempt to be...
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1.9KBankingNew Bill Would Throw Out Wells Fargo Arbitration Clause
Wells Fargo customers got support from two Democrat lawmakers, who want consumers to be able to sue the bank in court over...
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Elizabeth Warren Slams Wells Fargo On Arbitration
The drumbeat against Wells Fargo got a bit louder on Capitol Hill, as Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) slammed the bank on Monday (Nov....
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The Comments Are In: The CFPB And Arbitration
With the wide range of highly controversial subjects that fall under the CFPB’s purview, arbitration may come as something of a surprise....
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5.1KCFPBCFPB’s Chief Targeted On TV Ads
In a move aimed at the head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Director Richard Cordray is now the target of a...
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CFPB Arbitration Ban Proposal Hearing Set For May 5
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is readying its final rule proposal with an eye on limiting arbitration clauses, in a move that...
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Why The CFPB Thinks Arbitration Is Bad
There are few issues in the world that are quietly controversial, as muteness is not, generally speaking, a feature of conflict, particularly...
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CFPB’s Cordray Sheds New Light On Arbitration Stance
Though still taking shape, the debate over arbitration between lenders and borrowers may pave the road for class action lawsuits. Here’s why...
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3.9KNewsCFPB To Shift Tide In Lender Vs. Consumer Disputes?
The CFPB has unveiled proposals that would let consumers band together in class action suits against lenders. That would eliminate mandatory arbitration....
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2.7KNewsWatch Out Bitcoin — Qiwi Eyes New Cryptocurrency
Bitcoin might soon face competition from a new emerging cryptocurrency, which is stirring up the Russian government into adopting new laws. A...
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1.9KNewsCFPB: Mandatory Arbitration Clauses Favor Banks
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau may be preparing to ban mandatory arbitration clauses in consumer finance agreements, Bloomberg News reported on Friday...
