Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP is pleased to announce that partner James (Jim) Sandy has been appointed to serve as Chair of the American Bar Association’s (ABA’s) Debt Collection Practices and Bankruptcy Subcommittee, for a two-year term effective today. Senior counsel Marisa Roman also serves on the subcommittee leadership team as the Young Lawyers Liaison.

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP is pleased to announce that 80 of its lawyers have been recognized by their peers for inclusion in the 2027 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®.

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP is pleased to announce that Fernando Rivera-Maissonet has been elected as the Hispanic National Bar Association’s (HNBA) Region II (New York) Governor for the 2026–2028 term.

Read Hinshaw partner Jennifer Driscoll’s insights on the FTC’s proposed enforcement policy targeting “personalized pricing” and the growing patchwork of state laws addressing this practice.

Hinshaw partner Jennifer Driscoll was featured in a new Law.com article examining a lawsuit brought by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and 22 states, accusing the digital retailer Amazon of secretly overriding the results of its digital advertising auctions and imposing higher, undisclosed prices.

Read David Schultz’s ARM Compliance Digest column discussing a judge’s humorous—but important—ruling invoking a 154-year-old precedent to deny default judgment in an FDCPA case.

Hinshaw partner D.L. Morriss will present on two panels at the New York Bar Association International Section 2026 Global Conference in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on October 21 – October 23, 2026.

Hinshaw partners Brian McGrath, Lauren Campisi, and Leslie Meredith will speak at the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA’s) 2026 Compliance and Risk Management Conference at the Grand Hyatt in Washington, DC, from September 27–29, 2026.

Hinshaw partner Ed Lenci will present on the panel “Common Law, Common Ground: Irish Law as the Gateway to Europe” at the Ireland For Law NYC Business Mission event.

Hinshaw partner Justin Penn will present on the panel, “Who Am I Actually Talking To? Third-party Disclosure and Authentication,” on Wednesday, September 23, at 12:00 pm CT.

Hinshaw partner Justin Penn will present at an Association of Credit and Collection Professionals (ACA) Huddle, “Signed, Sealed … Coerced? Understanding Coerced Debt,” on June 17.

John Ryan discusses AI voice bots in collections, highlighting compliance requirements, legal risks, and regulatory considerations for AI-driven consumer calls.

Read how a recent $4 million settlement case serves as a reminder that state and federal regulators remain focused on price transparency and consumer protection in auto finance.

The Ninth Circuit found Roblox waived arbitration by litigating first—learn why this matters for your business and how to avoid the same outcome.

Read about two significant wins for Illinois mortgage lenders that provide critical certainty for lenders enforcing HELOCs and long-pending foreclosure actions in Illinois.

In this November edition of Hinshaw’s Privacy, Cyber and AI Decoded, in celebration of the US Thanksgiving holiday, we are recommending that our readers Keep Calm as they are faced with a new surge of legal requirements, regulations, and enforcement actions, and Gobble On. 

Explore compliance implications of California’s finalized CCPA rules and Colorado’s new regulations, including insurance privacy requirements, ADMT notices, risk assessments, and phased cyber audits.

Explore key compliance strategies from Hinshaw partner Cathy Mulrow-Peattie and industry experts on AI-driven cyber risks and regulations, as covered in our alert with takeaways from the Q3 2025 FinCyber Femmes Meeting.

Read part one, "A Bronx Tale: A New York State Trial Judge Calls Out New York State's Long-Standing Heightened Standard of Proving the Making of an Agreement to Arbitrate," about the trial court's decision in Wu v. Uber Tech., Inc.

On February 8, 2024, the United States Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision in Department of Agricultural Rural Development Rural Housing Service v. Kirtz by holding that a consumer may sue the government under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (“FCRA”) for providing false information to the credit reporting agencies.

New York Governor Kathy Hochul recently signed off on anti-deed theft legislation, as outlined in Senate bill 2023-S.6577 with companion Assembly bill 2023-A.6656.[1] The Governor signed the new legislation on November 14, 2023, and it goes into effect 30 days later, on December 14, 2023. (See 2023-A.6656 section 8.)