Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP is pleased to announce that Akeela M. White, a partner in the Consumer Financial Services practice group, has been selected by Chicago Veterans among its “24 in 2024” honorees. White and the honorees were recognized at the Chicago Veterans 10th Anniversary Chicago Veterans Ball on Saturday, November 23.

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP has announced the addition of Akeela M. White as a partner in the Consumer Financial Services Practice Group in the Chicago office. Formerly an Assistant General Counsel and Executive Director with J.P. Morgan Chase, White brings significant experience with federal and state consumer finance laws and regulations.

Read Akeela White’s analysis of a debt collector’s petition asking the U.S. Supreme Court to clarify three Fair Debt Collection Practices Act questions.

Read Hinshaw partner Akeela White's ARM Compliance Digest column analyzing an Ohio appellate court decision upholding summary judgment for a debt buyer in a Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) case.

Read Hinshaw partner Akeela White's analysis of the CFPB’s new policy for handling criminal regulatory offenses and its impact on consumer finance law in a recent ARM Compliance Digest column.

Hinshaw partners Vaishali Rao, Akeela White, and Joe Sanders will lead a panel on "Regulatory Landscape from a State Perspective" at the Chicagoland Compliance Association's (CCA) Annual Conference on October 16, 2025, in Oak Brook, Illinois.

Join industry-leading automotive finance attorneys in Chicago on May 1, 2025, for a day-long complimentary seminar on the latest federal and state developments impacting consumer and commercial lending within the industry.

Join industry-leading automotive finance attorneys in Chicago on May 16, 2024, for a day-long complimentary seminar to discuss the latest federal and state developments impacting the industry.

On February 16, 2024, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued its revised rule addressing how financial institutions can appeal their compliance ratings or adverse material findings by the Bureau. The rule is an update to the Bureau's November 2015 revisions.

On January 18, 2024, the United States Supreme Court heard oral arguments in two cases challenging the Chevron doctrine of statutory interpretation, Loper Bright Enterprises, et al., v. Gina Raimondo, Secretary of Commerce (Loper-Bright) and Relentless, Inc. v. Department of Commerce (Relentless). Under the Chevron doctrine, courts are supposed to grant deference to an agency's reasonable interpretation of an ambiguous statute.