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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...

The recent announcements in three U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) national security prosecutions offer an early glimpse into some of the Trump Justice Department’s enforcement priorities. Indeed, these actions are consistent with the announced priorities of Attorney General Pamela Bondi, as set...

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.

On behalf of Saul Ewing, partner Aloke Chakravarty submitted a comment on the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking entitled “Amending and Clarifying Foreign Agents Registration Act Regulations" on March 3, 2025. This comment is in response to public solicitation from the U.S. Department of Justice on...

[Printable Version] Executive Summary We entered 2025 with the world in turmoil, a new American administration in the White House, and various global actors—friends and foes alike—still actively vying for the attention of the American public. The scene is set for a continued parade of foreign actors...

What You Need to Know Attorney General Pam Bondi sets the tone with the issuance of 14 new Department of Justice memoranda on her first day on the job. Attorney General Pam Bondi’s memorandum on charging, pleas, and sentencing identifies the new administration’s key enforcement priorities, with some...

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...

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...

Introduction On December 20, 2024, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced its long-awaited proposed amendments to the regulations adopted under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) in a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) submitted to the Federal Register. [1] FARA (the “FARA Statute...

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...

BOSTON, (December 16, 2024)– Saul Ewing LLP today announced it has secured a $1.1 million settlement on behalf of Carlo DeMaria, Mayor of the City of Everett, Mass., in his defamation lawsuit against the Everett Leader Herald, its owner, and its publisher and editor. Saul Ewing Partners Jeffrey S...

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