On May 7, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York announced a joint law enforcement effort in the U.S. District of New York involving a debt-settlement business and its principals. This marks the first time that the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has brought criminal charges stemming from a CFPB investigation. This engaging webcast program will highlight the signifcance of this joint enforcement effort and its implications:
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The CFPB will share information with federal criminal prosecutors
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The DOJ will act on referrals that it receives from the CFPB
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The CFPB and DOJ have prioritized collaboration
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The CFPB's invetigative fact finding may yield evidence for a criminal case brought by the DOJ
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A partner in Venable’s Litigation Group, Allyson Baker is a trial attorney with more than a decade of experience in the federal government and private practice. She focuses her practice on commercial litigation, consumer finance and tax controversy.
Most recently, Ms. Baker was an Enforcement Attorney with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) where she served as lead counsel on one of the first enforcement actions which also resulted in the largest agency settlement to date. She was a member of the initial team of attorneys hired to stand up the CFPB Office of Enforcement, and she helped formulate policies on litigation, investigations, and Dodd-Frank Act jurisdiction issues. She also led an office working group that created, reviewed, and coordinated research projects involving the application of Dodd-Frank and a group that coordinated the work between the Offices of Enforcement and Fair Lending.
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