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CFPB Invokes Dormant Authority to Examine Nonbank Companies Posing Risks to Consumers

Consumer Finance

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced that it is invoking a largely unused legal provision to examine nonbank financial companies that pose risks to consumers.

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Engagement Party: Your Fee Agreement Is More than a Recitation of the Cost of Legal Services

NCBA Law Practice Management Blog

Many attorneys will try to rush through the drafting and explanation of a fee agreement. The job, as they see it, is to get the fee out there, and to define the scope of legal services, as quickly as possible – so that the client will sign off, and so that the lawyer can go back to what they really want to do, which is to practice substantive law. But, there’s so much more that you can do with your engagement agreements, to make them truly engaging (see what I did there), and to set the tone for