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Perspective

Nov. 20, 2013

Attorneys caught in the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's cross hairs

The CFPB has not been shy about targeting lawyers. By Richard Gottlieb and Jonathan Cannon


By Richard Gottlieb and Jonathan Cannon


Are lawyers being unfairly targeted by the country's newest enforcement agency? Back in 2010, the Dodd-Frank Act created the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), and it granted unprecedented authority to regulate, supervise and bring enforcement actions against a broad swath of entities offering consumer financial products and services. But the Dodd-Frank Act drew a clear distinction at one particular area over ...

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