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January

22
2026
Compliance

White House Signals Direction on National AI Policy, Details Still Limited

A senior White House official offered only broad insights into the administration’s forthcoming recommendations for a national artificial intelligence policy during testimony before the House Science, Space and Technology Subcommittee on Research and Technology on Jan. 14.

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January

22
2026
Trends

CFS Bites of the Month - 2025 Annual Review - Student Lending

In this article, we share a timeline of monthly "bites" for the past year applicable to student lending.

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January

22
2026
Industry News

[PODCAST]: Illinois Supreme Court Tightens Standing for No‑Injury Consumer Claims

In this episode of The Consumer Finance Podcast, host Chris Willis is joined by his colleague Lou Manetti from the firm’s Chicago office to unpack a significant new Illinois Supreme Court decision on standing in consumer cases based on federal statutes. Chris and Lou walk through the court’s FCRA “receipt truncation” ruling, explaining how Illinois — long thought to have more generous standing rules than federal court — has now imported a “concrete injury” requirement for common-law standing where the statute does not expressly confer a right to sue.

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January

22
2026
Industry News

Trump announces support for legislation to cap credit card interest rates at 10% per annum for one year

We recently blogged about President Trump’s Truth Social post in which he announced his intent to impose a 10% per annum interest rate cap on credit cards for one year beginning on January 20, 2026, the one-year anniversary of his second term of office. On January 21, during his speech delivered at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, he announced his support for legislation to accomplish that result.

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January

20
2026
Industry News

Ninth Circuit rules Telephone Consumer Protection Act does not prohibit texts with optional video content

On January 13, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a putative class action lawsuit challenging unsolicited text messages containing video files under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). The plaintiff alleged that, during the final weeks of a presidential election campaign, he received an automated text message from a political committee that included a video with a prerecorded voice, which was automatically downloaded to his phone.

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