New York

New York State Reaches Settlement with Payday Lenders

Following recent regulatory actions undertaken by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency regarding short term loans (also referred to as “payday loans” and “cash advances”) and the thirty-five (35) cease and desist letters issued in August 2013 by New York’s Department of Financial Services to online payday lenders, […]

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New York Set to Hear New E-Cig Regulations Today

While this blog has focused on federal regulations affecting electronic cigarettes (“e-cigs”), which were promised by April 2013, but thus far undelivered by the Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”), several states have taken the matter into their own hands.  Until the FDA heeds the call of several prominent U.S. Senators and publishes its “deeming” regulations

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