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From the program: Consumer Financial Services Institute (18th Annual)

Released on: Apr. 23, 2013

On January 4, 2012, President Obama appointed Richard Cordray as the first Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). Since that time, the CFPB has been involved in a whirlwind of regulatory, supervisory and enforcement activities. In addition to the CFPB, state and other federal regulators are pursuing initiatives focused on consumer financial services. This year’s Institute will explore in detail the Bureau’s activities as well ...

Recorded on: Apr. 17, 2013

JULIA STRICKLAND: So we're going to start our panel right on the minute. We have an enormous amount of ground to cover. So here we go. The four panel members are Jennifer McCabe, who's to my immediate right. Jennifer is a Principal in Cornerstone Research, a consulting firm that provides expert testimony and economic and financial analysis to lawyers in connection with all faces of commercial litigation and regulatory proceedings. I can vouch for ...

Recorded on: Apr. 17, 2013

JOHN RODDY: I apologize for the ceaseless coughing. This is a panel on collection, FDCPA and TCPA. To my far right is Don Maurice. Don is the president of Maurice and Needleman, whose attorneys specialize in all areas of creditors' rights and financial services litigation. In nearly 225 years of practice, Don has successfully litigated for the financial services industry in both state and federal courts. He's appeared as amicus counsel before the ...

Recorded on: Apr. 17, 2013

JULIA B. STRICKLAND: We're going to start our final panel of the day. And we know that everybody's going to stay so that they can get free drinks at 5 o'clock. In any event, the panel is "Credit Card, Retail Banking and Emerging Payment Models." We have two extremely able lawyers as our speakers here. They have a lot to add. Mike Donovan is to my right. He's a founding member of the Philadelphia firm of Donovan Axler and focuses his practice ...

Recorded on: Apr. 17, 2013

ALAN KAPLINSKY: We're going to the segue rather rapidly into the first panel of the morning, also focused on the CFPB. The CFPB has got many different functions, but the three things that we felt would be of most interest to all of you are what's happening in the regulatory area, what's happening in the enforcement area, and what's happening with respect to supervision. And so the first panel is going to focus on the regulatory area. And we have three ...

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