Jason Downs

Dec 5, 2024 | hoganlovells.com | Scott Loughlin |Jason Downs

Since the launch of The Data Chronicles podcast in August 2023, we have recorded over 50 episodes covering a wide variety of topics and issues. Unsurprisingly, a common issue popping in many of the episodes is artificial intelligence.

May 6, 2024 | jdsupra.com | Sarah Johnson Auchterlonie |Eric Burris |Jason Downs

For the first time in its history, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau recently invoked supervisory authority over a nonbank lender, World Acceptance Corp., one of the largest small-dollar installment lenders in the country.

Apr 10, 2024 | jdsupra.com | Rosemary Becchi |Leah Dempsey |Jason Downs

On March 6, 2024, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) finalized a historic set of climate disclosure rules, which stand to be the most significant disclosure regime change since the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. The rule quickly faced litigation, including a series of cases filed across the country that were consolidated by the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (“MDL”) into a single proceeding before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit.

Mar 7, 2024 | jdsupra.com | Rosemary Becchi |Leah Dempsey |Jason Downs

On March 6, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) voted along party lines to adopt its long-awaited climate-related disclosure framework for registrants. This “Final Rule” largely reflects the proposed rule put forward by the SEC for public comment in March 2022, with one notable exception: the Final Rule no longer mandates reporting companies to disclose “Scope 3” emissions, a highly contentious prong of the original proposed rule.

Dec 21, 2023 | jdsupra.com | Jason Downs |Allen Grunes |Joel L. Herberman

Last week, the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Competition Policy, Antitrust, and Consumer Rights held a hearing on algorithms and their impact on competition and consumer rights. Businesses that use algorithms or machine learning for price setting should pay close attention to lawmakers and their growing interest in the way businesses might use algorithms to disadvantage consumers.