The US law firm Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP is pleased to announce that it has received notable recognition in the 2026 edition of Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business directory.

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP is delighted to announce that Ali Degan has been elected to the Fellows of the American Bar Foundation (ABF).

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP is pleased to announce that Hinshaw partners James (Jim) Sandy and Scott Seaman have been ranked as Top Authors in the 2026 JD Supra Readers’ Choice Awards.

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.

Read Akeela White’s breakdown of the House Financial Services subcommittee’s hearing on credit reporting—and what proposed reforms could mean for compliance and litigation risk.

Read Hinshaw partner David Schultz’s three key takeaways from a Virginia district court's decision denying a motion to dismiss in a Fair Credit Reporting Act case involving a mixed-credit file.

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.

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.

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.

Hinshaw partner Vaishali Rao will present at the Receivables Management Association International (RMAI) webinar, “State Oversight in an Era of Federal Deregulation,” on April 28 from 9:00 to 10:00 am PDT.

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. 

The OCC's final escrow-interest preemption rules and the Second Circuit's Cantero decision together mark a turning point for federal preemption of state mortgage escrow laws—read our analysis to learn what this means for banks and servicers.

Learn how the New York AVOID Act significantly changes third-party practice and the key compliance steps to prepare for the law taking effect on April 19, 2026.

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.