By Maya Patel In re Commissioner of Financial Protection and Innovation v. The Firm Alternative LLC: On September 17, 2024, the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (DPFI) entered into a consent order with The Firm Alternative LLC d/b/a Continue reading
By Grant Marcketta At its September 19, 2024, meeting, CSLB discussed the implementation of AB 2622 (Carillo) (Chapter 240, Statutes of 2024), which amended sections 7027.2 and 7048 of the Business and Professions Code to raise the threshold of the Continue reading
By Yasmin Madjidi On August 14, 2024, the Office of Administrative Law (OAL) approved the Speech-Language Pathology & Audiology & Hearing Aid Dispensers Board (SLPA) amendments to sections 1399.140, 1399.140.1, and 1399.144 of Division 13.3 of Title 16 of the Continue reading
By Andrew D. Kent On December 10, 2021, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) initiated investigation I.21-12-001 instituting a formal investigation of Uber and certain Uber Black Sub-carriers operating on the Uber Black Platform in violation of the Public Utilities Continue reading
By Summer M. Bosse On July 22, 2021, the Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (DFPI) released its Annual Report of Payday Lending Activity Under the California Deferred Deposit Transaction Law to the public. This report is required through the Continue reading
By Stella Gerson On August 31, 2021, the Director of the Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA), Kimberly Kirchmeyer, issued Waiver Order DCA-21-193, which further extend the June 4, 2020 waiver order, DCA-20-21, regarding telemedicine for new or different medical conditions Continue reading
By Stephanie Mendivil SB 908 (Wieckowski), as amended August 24, 2020, amends sections 1788.11 and 1788.52 of the Civil Code, and adds Division 25 to the Financial Code, titled “Debt Collection Licensing Act,” relating to debt collectors. Specifically, the bill Continue reading
By Stephanie Mendivil On September 25, 2020, Governor Newsom signed a series of bills to establish a California consumer financial protection watchdog agency, modeled after the federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, that is designed to expand the state’s authority and Continue reading
