Formerly with Polsinelli, a six-attorney group led by partner Brendan I. Herbert in Miami and partner Marc D. Cabrera in Dallas is joining Hinshaw’s financial services group. Joining as senior counsel are Jonathan L. Blackmore in Miami, Elizabeth F. Hayes and Justin K. Sauls in Dallas, and Michael C. Hughes in New York.

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 is pleased to announce that Fernando C. Rivera-Maissonet has been reappointed as the Co-Chair of the Hispanic National Bar Association (HNBA)’s Business Law Section for the 2025–2026 term.

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 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.

Read David Schultz’s AccountsRecovery.net ARM Compliance Digest column analyzing a New Jersey Appellate Division decision holding that using a letter vendor to print and mail collection notices does not violate the FDCPA.

Hinshaw proudly serves as a Diamond Sponsor of the Mortgage Bankers Association’s Legal Issues and Regulatory Compliance Conference in Miami from May 4 to 7, 2026.

Hinshaw partners Sam Bodurtha, Lauren Campisi, Brian McGrath, Stephanie Mulcahy, and Charles Townsend will present at the Mortgage Bankers Association's Legal Issues and Regulatory Compliance Conference, which will take place in San Diego, California, from May 14 to 17, 2025.

Hinshaw is a proud sponsor of the Mortgage Bankers Association's Legal Issues and Regulatory Compliance Conference 2022!

Increased regulatory enforcement is on the horizon. Foreclosure activities will eventually resume. Consumer litigation will follow.

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 how a Hinshaw legal team led by partners Ellis Oster and Robert Bailey recently helped secure the first-ever appellate-level ruling in New York addressing sanctions for the misuse of generative AI in legal submissions.

Read how New York’s FAIR Act expands consumer protection to unfair and abusive practices, broadens the Attorney General’s enforcement authority, and raises compliance risks for businesses in the state.

In anticipation of the expiration of federal COVID-19 pandemic foreclosure protections, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has issued a final rule amending its federal mortgage servicing regulations. Among other changes, effective from August 31, 2021 through December 31, 2021, a borrower must be given an opportunity by the mortgage servicer to explore all available loss mitigation options before a foreclosure proceeding can be commenced on a borrower's principal residence. The final rule also gives servicers greater flexibility to offer borrowers COVID-19-related streamlined loan modifications, creates new, temporary early intervention requirements for live contact, and clarifies how to exercise reasonable diligence with respect to incomplete loss mitigation applications related to COVID-19.

Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) loans have attracted significant scrutiny from federal agencies and Congress in recent weeks. The Department of Treasury (the "Treasury") and Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) both released Housing Finance Reform plans that recommend structural changes to the HECM Program. On September 5, 2019, Treasury Secretary Mnuchin and HUD Secretary Ben Carson appeared before a Senate hearing entitled "Housing Finance Reform: Next Steps" to discuss their proposals.

Loan originators and servicers should take note of the fact that the Home Equity Convertible Mortgage (HECM) program has attracted considerable attention from federal agencies and Congress in recent months. In August and September, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) issued three new Mortgagee Letters involving lending to condominium owners, deferring foreclosure for non-borrowing spouses, and extending HECM Collateral Risk Assessment requirements indefinitely. These Mortgagee Letters require lenders and servicers to make immediate changes to their policies and procedures. We describe these changes below.

Welcome to Consumer Law Hinsights―a monthly compilation of nationwide consumer protection cases of interest to financial services and accounts receivable management companies. This edition highlights our interactive COVID-19 regulatory map and also includes an analysis from our blog, Consumer Crossroads, of the Second Circuit's decision in LaBoom and the deepening circuit split over what constitutes an automatic telephone dialing system (ATDS) under TCPA.