KEYNOTE PANEL

State Enforcement in the Trump Era: Novel Regulatory Bodies, Increasingly Militant Consumer Protection, and Renewed Scrutiny of Industry Practices

September 22, 2020 9:15am

Thomas P. James
Senior Assistant Attorney General, Consumer Counsel
Office of the Illinois Attorney General, Consumer Fraud Bureau

Glenn Kaplan
Chief, Insurance and Financial Services Division
Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office (Boston, MA)

Hunter Wiggins
General Counsel
Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (Springfield, IL)

Moderator:

Jonathan B. Engel
Partner
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP (Washington, DC)

  • Status update on new investigation and enforcement actions by state Attorneys General and regulatory agencies (including licensing entities with the power to revoke the licenses of those whose conduct they regulate) as well as coordinated multi-state activity in response to decreased federal activity
  • Gain insight into enforcement efforts by “Mini-CFPBs” in New York, New Jersey, and Massachusetts over the past year and proposals to create a similar agency in California
  • Hear directly from key agencies and prepare to engage in dialogue with them in an exclusive Q&A session