Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP is pleased to announce that Nia Binns has been re-appointed Health and Wellness Committee Co-Chair of the Black Women Lawyers’ Association of Greater Chicago Inc. (BWLA) for the 2026 – 2027 bar year.

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP is pleased to announce that partners Fernando Rivera-Maissonet and Brian Turetsky have been reappointed to serve on the New York City Bar Association’s Consumer Affairs Committee.

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP is very pleased to announce that partner Vaishali Rao has been named to the 2026 INvolve Heroes Role Model list. She is featured in the Top 100 Executives directory, which honors leaders who are “leading by example and driving change to increase gender diversity in the workplace.”

Read Hinshaw partner Vaishali Rao’s ARM Compliance Digest column examining recent joint guidance from 14 state attorneys general affirming that disparate-impact liability remains a viable enforcement theory, even as federal agencies step back.

Read Hinshaw partner Stephanie Mulcahy’s Law360 analysis on the significant developments of three long-standing questions in Illinois mortgage enforcement, all of which have come out in favor of lenders.

Read Hinshaw partner Jennifer Driscoll’s remarks in Corporate Counsel about the antitrust implications of algorithm-driven decision-making in a lawsuit involving TikTok, the NFL, and Fanatics. Discover why this litigation may serve as a test case for future challenges involving AI, competition, and online marketplaces.  

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 Dustin Alonzo and Adair Kingsmill will present on “Legal and Regulatory Challenges in Motor Vehicle Lease Repossession” at the 2026 Association of Consumer Vehicles Lessors (ACVL) Conference in Asheville, North Carolina, on October 13.

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 John Kimble will present “CFPB Fair Lending Shifts: Immigration Status and Mortgage Access” during a CeriFi LegalEdge CLE webinar on November 6, from 10:00 to 11:00 am EST.

David Schultz will present during the upcoming AccountsRecovery.net webinar, “AI-Generated Lawsuits and Pro Se Filings: The New Litigation Wave,” on October 27, 2026, at 12:00 pm CT.

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.

Learn how your UDAAP compliance practices may be affected by New York City's proposed POWER Act, which would create a broad private right of action covering unfair, deceptive, abusive, and “unlawful” practices.

Ohio’s Supreme Court has ruled that the savings statute allows unlimited refilings—read our blog post to learn what it means for defendants.

Explore key takeaways from the 2026 ACVL Conference on the legal and regulatory issues shaping motor vehicle lease repossession and broader compliance themes impacting the auto finance industry.

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.)