American Conference Institute's 21st National Conference on Consumer Finance Class Actions & Litigation

Lawson will participate in the panel titled, “CFPB Enhanced Oversight and Heightened Scrutiny of the Industry: Evaluating Lessons Learned from Recent Enforcement Actions, Preparing for Investigations and Examinations and Looking Ahead to Rulemaking Updates.” Lawson, along with Donald Maurice of Maurice & Needleman, P.C., and Gerald Sachs of Paul Hastings LLP, will discuss an array of issues including:

• Assessing recent enforcement actions and investigations undertaken by the CFPB: Lessons learned; Trends in enforcement actions; Which market sectors are receiving enhanced scrutiny and why?; Pursuit of mortgage reinsurance cases


• Anticipating the types of claims that the CFPB will be pursuing in the near-term: Bulletin relating to mortgage servicing transfers: Which CFPB actions will lead to
  piggybacking private actions?


• Preparing for and responding to CFPB investigations


• Responding to CIDs (Civil Investigative Demands)


• Where the CFPB is likely headed in the coming months: Trends in examinations and investigations; What to expect


• Assessing coordination efforts between the CFPB and other federal and state agencies, including state AGs


• Rulemaking updates: Recent enforcement actions claiming ‘disparate impact’


• Impact of the CFPB’s consumer complaints database on consumer finance litigation: How have plaintiffs’ counsel responded?; How financial institutions can use the database
  to anticipate and prepare for the next wave of litigation and develop proactive compliance strategies to minimize risk


• Assessing the CFPB’s adjudication procedures


• Attorney-client privilege and the CFPB

For more information and to register for the event, visit the American Conference Institute’s website.