Issue 88.4 Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick announced committee assignments on Monday January 23rd. The Senate’s longest serving Democrat, Senator John Whitmire, was the only Democrat to receive an appointment as a chairman. In 2013 prior to Lt. ... Read More
88th Texas Legislature
Issue 88.3 Governor Greg Abbott and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick were both inaugurated to their third terms on January 17th. Speeches made by both leaders laid out priorities they would like to accomplish during the current legislative ... Read More
CFPB Receives Pushback on Interpretive Rule Promoting States’ Authority to Enforce The Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010
Last month, we discussed Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) May 19, 2022 Interpretive Rule, which sought to clarify the scope of state enforcement authority found in Section 1042 and other sections of the Consumer Financial Protection Act ... Read More
CFPB Clarifies Authority of States to Enforce The Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010
On May 19th, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued an interpretive rule clarifying the scope of state enforcement authority found in Section 1042 and other sections of the Consumer Financial Protection Act (CFPA). The rule ... Read More
Polunsky Beitel Green Strengthens Regulatory Affairs Practice with Addition of Second Former Commissioner of Texas Department of Savings & Mortgage Lending
Caroline C. Jones joins Director of Regulatory Affairs, Doug Foster, to make Polunsky Beitel Green the only law firm in Texas and one of the first nationally to boast two former state mortgage oversight commissioners SAN ANTONIO, January 18, 2022 ... Read More
Capitol Connection – Episode 7
In episode 7 of Capitol Connection, Doug Foster and Claire M. Barber highlight House Bill 4309 and its companion Senate Bill 1900, also known as the agency “clean-up” bills for the Department of Savings and Mortgage Lending. ... Read More