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.

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP today announced that 16 attorneys, including eight partners, have joined the firm’s Consumer Financial Services and Insurance Services industry groups.

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP is pleased to announce that Hinshaw attorneys Daniel (D.L.) Morriss and Mohamed Sweify have been elected to serve as officers of the New York State Bar Association (NYSBA) International Section. 

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.

Read an AccountsRecovery.net column by Hinshaw partner Justin Penn analyzing the significance and key takeaways of a recent FCRA ruling, which dismissed most claims against a defendant accused of improperly reporting mortgage delinquencies during COVID-19 forbearance periods.

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 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.

Hinshaw partner Jim Sandy will be a faculty member in a National Business Institute (NBI) CLE webinar titled "Advanced FDCPA Compliance Challenges and Violations," on April 1, 2026.

Hinshaw partner Colin Winkler will co-present an AccountsRecovery.net webinar titled "Breaking Down FCRA Lawsuit Trends" on February 11, 2026, at 1pm Eastern.

Read how the Second Circuit ruled that New York's interest-on-escrow statute is preempted by the National Bank Act, renewing a circuit split and adding uncertainty to federal preemption of state interest-on-escrow laws.

Read how Governor Hochul has signed into law a chapter amendment to the New York FAIR Business Practices Act, implementing changes to the attorney general’s expanded enforcement authority.

Read our blog post regarding the Office of the Comptroller Currency’s (OCC) amicus brief urging the Seventh Circuit to halt the Illinois Interchange Fee Prohibition Act (IFPA) before it takes effect on July 1, 2026.

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.