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Today's Trends in Credit Regulation

Welcome to Hudson Cook Insights - a collection of articles written each month by the attorneys of Hudson Cook, LLP, in an effort to keep their clients and other compliance professionals informed about current trends and developments in consumer credit finance that will affect the way they do business.

March 2025

Massachusetts Junk Fee Regulation Presents Challenges to Advertising of Bank Deposit Products

By Thomas P. Quinn, Jr.

In early March, nearly a year and a half after it was initially proposed, the Massachusetts Attorney General's Office finalized the Commonwealth's "junk fee" regulation (the "Final Rule") while simultaneously issuing a business guidance document (the "Guidance Document") that provides interpretive gloss to the Final Rule. article continued

State AGs Step Up Privacy Enforcement

By Erik Kosa

With attention on Democratic Attorneys General vowing to fill the void left by weakened federal regulators, and perhaps a more partisan divide on enforcement generally, a bipartisan consensus is quietly emerging in the states when it comes to privacy enforcement.

On February 26, Attorney General Tim Griffin (R-AR) announced that Arkansas has sued General Motors and its subsidiary OnStar for selling consumer data to third parties without consent. article continued

Consumer Financial Services Bites of the Month - March 19, 2025 - Melancholy March with the CFPB

By Justin B. Hosie, Eric L. Johnson and Kristen Yarows

In this month's article, we share some of our top "bites" covered during the March 2025 webinar. article continued

The CFPB's Future is Unclear, but Its $42 Million Judgment Still Sends a Clear Message

By Tracy Wang

If we could use only one word to describe the future of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, I think most of us would agree on the word "uncertain." However, one thing seems certain to occur as we wait to see what will happen with the CFPB: a rise in state enforcement efforts. article continued

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