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  • May 29, 2026

    Philly Court To Fast-Track Credit Card Debt Cases

    In response to a rising number of consumer debt cases in recent years, the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas is introducing a plan to fast-track credit card collection suits in the city's mandatory arbitration program. The plaintiffs will shoulder the main component of the retooled caseload management strategy, which the supervising jurist coordinating the initiative said is inspired by the success of Philadelphia's mortgage foreclosure case program and models a similar system used by Lancaster County's court system.

  • May 29, 2026

    Recent Actions Signal Increased NYDFS Health Cyber Focus

    The New York Department of Financial Services' recent $2.25 million settlement with Delta Dental indicates that it views cybersecurity enforcement in the healthcare and insurance sectors as an ongoing priority, and serves as a road map for the compliance gaps regulators are most likely to target, say attorneys at Crowell & Moring.

  • May 29, 2026

    'Operation Hard Money' Marks New Phase In Synthetic ID Fraud

    A recent California mortgage fraud case dubbed "Operation Hard Money" shows synthetic identities are increasingly key to mortgage and money laundering schemes, so lenders would be wise to integrate verification and behavioral monitoring as fraud powered by artificial intelligence creates larger losses and recovery challenges, says Neal Levin at Rimon.

  • May 29, 2026

    SEC Unveils Plan To Nix Biden-Era Climate Disclosure Regs

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday put forth a proposal that would overturn a Biden-era regulation requiring publicly traded companies to disclose their greenhouse gas emissions, saying the rule fell outside the agency's "core mandate."

  • May 28, 2026

    Financial Adviser Gets 2 Years For $3.7M Investment Fraud

    A Pennsylvania financial adviser was sentenced to more than two years in prison in federal court Thursday after copping to wire fraud stemming from a scheme where he transferred over $3.7 million from the bank account of a fund he managed to another client's account, to recoup investment losses.

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