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Jan 8, 2025 | 
jdsupra.com | Addison Morgan |Ethan G. Ostroff |Trey Smith
This article was originally published on October 8, 2024 on Law360 and is republished here with permission.
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Dec 4, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Elizabeth Briones |Thailer Buari |Addison Morgan
To keep you informed of recent activities, below are several of the most significant federal and state events that have influenced the Consumer Financial Services industry over the past week: Federal Activities State Activities Federal Activities: On November 26, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled in favor of Joseph Van Loon and other plaintiffs, reversing a lower court’s decision that upheld the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctions...
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Oct 30, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Ethan G. Ostroff |Addison Morgan
Click here to listen to the audio. In the latest episode of The Crypto Exchange, host Ethan Ostroff is joined by Addison Morgan to discuss the recent CFTC enforcement action against Uniswap.
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Oct 8, 2024 | 
law360.com | Addison Morgan |Ethan G. Ostroff |Trey Smith
By Addison Morgan, Ethan Ostroff and Trey Smith (October 8, 2024, 4:04 PM EDT) -- Although Congress has neither formulated a regulatory framework for the digital asset industry nor anointed a federal regulatory agency as the de facto overseer of digital asset-related activities affecting interstate commerce, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission continues to advance its position that the scope of its enforcement authority arising under the Commodity Exchange Act[1] may be broadly...
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Aug 20, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Ethan G. Ostroff |Addison Morgan
Click here to listen to the audio. In the latest episode of The Crypto Exchange, host Ethan Ostroff is joined by Addison Morgan to discuss a groundbreaking initiative by the California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) to digitize 42 million car titles using the Avalanche blockchain network. This move allows users to claim, track, and manage digital titles via the DMV’s application, reducing transfer times from two weeks to just minutes.
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Aug 13, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Ethan G. Ostroff |Elizabeth Briones |Thailer Buari |Addison Morgan |Trey Smith |Alan D. Wingfield
To keep you informed of recent activities, below are several of the most significant federal and state events that have influenced the Consumer Financial Services industry over the past week:Federal ActivitiesState ActivitiesFederal Activities: On August 12, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has approved publication of a Federal Register notice announcing a final new oversight rule pertaining to nonbudget aspects of the operations of the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority.
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Jul 17, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Ethan G. Ostroff |Elizabeth Briones |Thailer Buari |Addison Morgan |Trey Smith |Alan D. Wingfield
To keep you informed of recent activities, below are several of the most significant federal and state events that have influenced the Consumer Financial Services industry over the past week:Federal ActivitiesState ActivitiesFederal Activities: On July 15, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced that it has charged multiple entities with housing discrimination for issuing a biased appraisal and then denying a refinance loan application in Denver, CO.
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Jul 2, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Ethan G. Ostroff |Elizabeth Briones |Thailer Buari |Addison Morgan |Trey Smith |Alan D. Wingfield
To keep you informed of recent activities, below are several of the most significant federal and state events that have influenced the Consumer Financial Services industry over the past week:Federal ActivitiesState ActivitiesFederal Activities: On July 1, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) published updated loan-level data for public use collected through the National Survey of Mortgage Originations (NSMO).
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May 7, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Eric Maxwell |Ethan G. Ostroff |Elizabeth Briones |Addison Morgan |Thailer Buari |Trey Smith | +1 more
To keep you informed of recent activities, below are several of the most significant federal and state events that have influenced the Consumer Financial Services industry over the past week:Federal ActivitiesState ActivitiesFederal Activities: On May 1, President Biden announced that he was approving $6.1 billion in student debt cancellation for 317,000 borrowers who attended the Art Institutes.
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May 2, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Ethan G. Ostroff |Addison Morgan |Trey Smith
Click here to listen to the audio. In the second episode of this four-part series, Ethan, Addison, and Trey explore the CFPB’s proposed rule to define a market for general-use consumer payment applications under its larger participant authority, and its impact on digital asset financial services companies. The group discusses the integration of digital assets into the traditional financial system and the associated regulatory concerns.
