Search

Find exactly what you’re looking for.

Showing 1-20 of 106 results

2:00 – 2:30 pm: Compliance | Responding to Increased Scrutiny of RESPA With new leadership at the CFPB, the future of RESPA enforcement is evolving. Explore how RESPA enforcement may change under this administration, potential shifts in legal interpretation, and the rise of state-level...

Compliance Considerations For Real-Estate Joint Ventures This panel will discuss potential legal challenges to joint ventures between real estate agents and title companies or mortgage brokers and best practices for compliance.

MBA’s Legal Issues and Regulatory Compliance Conference takes place from May 14-15 in San Diego . This is the premier event for legal and compliance professionals in real estate finance to learn strategies to help your company navigate the changing market. Wednesday, May 14, 2025 12:30 PM-1:45 PM...

This month’s Friday Five explores decisions from around the country discussing the concept of reasonableness in various forms. One court rejected the parties’ proffered definitions of the term “working” and instead determined that a dictionary definition was reasonable. Two cases reflect courts...

Compliance & Coffee: All About Affiliated Business Arrangements Affiliated Business Arrangements (ABAs) are a key component of RESPA compliance and often a source of confusion. In this session of Compliance & Coffee, we're diving into what ABAs actually are, how RESPA defines violations and...

How Are State AGs Attempting to Redefine RESPA Compliance Several states' AGs have recently attempted to redefine what is and is not a complaint affiliated business under Section 8(c)(4). Understanding these erroneous approaches is necessary to have a compliant AfBA and know how to push back.

Saul Ewing LLP is pleased to announce that Amy Kline and Caitlin Strauss have been honored in the 2025 JD Supra Readers' Choice Awards for their exemplary authorship of The Friday Five. This prestigious award recognizes the top authors and firms for exceptional thought leadership over the past year...

This month’s Friday Five addresses cases covering ERISA preemption, the viability of a claim for benefits where the claimant alleges to have not received notice of a prior claim denial, an affirmance by the Circuit Court of a denial of benefits, and District Court reviews of decisions denying...

Over 8,000 stocks trade on American stock exchanges, [1] but billions of dollars in daily trades in these listed stocks and 12,000 more unlisted (non-exchange-traded) stocks occur outside of an exchange in Over-The-Counter ( “ OTC ” ) transactions. [2] A substantial portion of these trades involve...

This month’s Friday Five covers an appellate ruling on a complicated case raising both state and federal claims, an instance of procedural improprieties in the administrative review process informing the court’s substantive benefits decision, an equitable ERISA claim for an administrator’s payment...

On February 1, 2025, President Donald Trump terminated Rohit Chopra’s tenure as the Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). Early on the morning of February 3, 2025, the CFPB issued a press release noting that recently-confirmed Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent had been...

For the past decade, many courts have found class action waivers in consumer contracts to be valid and enforceable under the Federal Arbitration Act. However, recently, the Allegheny Court of Common Pleas in Pittsburgh recognized not all clauses warrant enforcement in Pierce v. FloatMe Corp., No. GD...

This month’s Friday Five explores recent decisions including the standard of review for ERISA benefit denials, whether structural conflict entitles a claimant to conflict-of-interest discovery, whether a “relative value units” analysis warrants equitable tolling, whether the administrative record...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) filed an action on December 23, 2024, against Rocket Home Real Estate LLC (“Rocket Homes”), a real estate brokerage and affiliates (“Defendant Brokerage”) and an individual owner of the real estate brokerage, asserting violations of the Real Estate...

After nearly a year of speculation, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) issued a final rule (the “Rule”) to cap overdraft fees that financial institutions with at least $10 billion in assets can assess to consumers. The CFPB has hailed the issuance of the Rule as permitting “consumers...

Saul Ewing LLP's Consumer Financial Services Litigation Practice hosted their annual CLE program on Thursday, December 12. This program provided updates on consumer financial services civil litigation and government enforcement trends, including federal and state governments' top consumer protection...

This month’s Friday Five explores recent decisions including the impact of a COVID furlough on eligibility for LTD benefits, what constitutes a breach of an employer’s fiduciary duty, what defines total proof of disability or is viewed as a severe procedural violation, and the appropriate weight...

For More Information