Photo of Consumer Crossroads: Where Financial Services and Litigation Intersect Emilia Rubin
Associate
erubin@hinshawlaw.com
312-704-3905
View Bio
Emilia Rubin advises financial services clients regarding compliance with state and federal laws. She counsels clients in various areas, including …

Showing 5 posts by Emilia Rubin.

CFPB Revises the Supervisory Appeals Process for Financial Institutions

On February 16, 2024, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued its revised rule addressing how financial institutions can appeal their compliance ratings or adverse material findings by the Bureau. The rule is an update to the Bureau's November 2015 revisions. More ›

A World Without Chevron? U.S. Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments in Cases that Could Overturn 40-Year-Old Doctrine of Statutory Interpretation

On January 18, 2024, the United States Supreme Court heard oral arguments in two cases challenging the Chevron doctrine of statutory interpretation, Loper Bright Enterprises, et al., v. Gina Raimondo, Secretary of Commerce (Loper-Bright) and Relentless, Inc. v. Department of Commerce (Relentless). Under the Chevron doctrine, courts are supposed to grant deference to an agency's reasonable interpretation of an ambiguous statute. More ›

Louisiana Private Education Lender Registration Added to the Nationwide Multistate Licensing System and Registry

As of January 1, 2024, the Louisiana Office of Financial Institutions (OFI) is accepting registration of private education lenders. This registration requirement is applicable to nonexempt businesses making or holding private education loans and is the result of the passage of the Louisiana Private Student Loan Registry law. More ›

California Licensed Debt Collectors Required to Submit Annual Reports to DFPI by March 15, 2024

In its December 2023 Bulletin, the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation ("DFPI") announced that debt collectors licensed prior to January 1, 2024, will be required to file an annual report by March 15, 2024, through the DFPI portal. More ›

A Circuit Split Emerges on the Constitutionality of the CFPB's Funding Structure, Months Before the Issue Comes Before the U.S. Supreme Court

On March 23, 2023, the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued a decision in CFPB v. Law Offices of Crystal Moroney (Moroney). The case reviewed constitutional challenges to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's (CFPB) funding structure previously decided by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals last October in Community Financial Services Association of America, Ltd. v. CFPB (Community Financial). In Community Financial, the Fifth Circuit vacated the CFPB's 2017 "Payday Lending Rule" on the grounds that it was invalid "as the product of the Bureau's unconstitutional funding scheme." The CFPB's petition for writ of certiorari was granted by the U.S. Supreme Court in February. More ›