Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP is pleased to announce that James (Jim) Sandy, partner-in-charge of the firm’s Cleveland office, has been selected by Crain’s Cleveland Business as a 2026 Notable Leader in Accounting, Consulting & Law.

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP is pleased to announce that New York associate Sabrina Smith has been selected as a 2026 Top 40 Under 40 honoree by the National Black Lawyers (NBL).

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP is delighted to announce that Chicago associate Nia Binns has been recognized as a 2026 Rising Star Award recipient by the Black Women Lawyers’ Association (BWLA).

Read two Hinshaw-authored articles—“Fair Access and Debanking: Recent Developments and Unanswered Questions” and “State Survey of Coerced Debt Laws”—in the latest issue of the CCFL Quarterly Report.

Read about the significance of the CFPB’s now-vacated rule that would have slashed late fees from $30 to $8 for large credit card issuers.

Read about the significance of New York’s Foreclosure Abuse Prevention Act (FAPA) for mortgage lenders and loan servicers, as Hinshaw partner Brian McGrath discusses in a recent Newsday article.

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 attorneys Alyssa Szymczyk and Leslie Meredith will present at the 2026 Spring Conference on Consumer Finance Law (CCFL), taking place May 28 and 29 at Loyola University Chicago School of Law.

Hinshaw is a Silver Sponsor of the New York City Bar's Consumer Financial Law Conference on May 8, 2026. This event connects academics, judges, and industry stakeholders to discuss consumer finance and economic justice. Continuing legal education credit will be available.

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.

Hinshaw partner Akeela White will present during the Accounts Recovery webinar, “Breaking Down the Most Common FCRA Disputes You're Seeing Right Now — and What to Do With Them,” on June 5 at 12:00 PM CST.

Learn about the Seventh Circuit’s significant ruling holding that text messages are not considered “calls” under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA).

Learn how Illinois mortgage lenders are impacted by three recent enforcement developments in the state that could reshape how and when you can enforce notes and mortgages.

Learn key takeaways from a recent district court ruling that clarified the distinction between clickwrap and browsewrap agreements, finding that one, but not the other, manifested an intent to arbitrate disputes. 

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.)