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Regulatory Oversight will provide in-depth analysis into regulatory actions by various state and federal authorities, including state attorneys general and other state administrative agencies, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). Contributors to the blog will include attorneys with multiple specialties, including regulatory enforcement, litigation, and compliance.
By Ashley L. Taylor, Jr. and Graham Bryant
In this must-listen episode of Regulatory Oversight, Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chairman Andrew Ferguson joins Ashley Taylor and Graham Bryant to reflect on Ferguson’s path from clerking for Justice Thomas and serving as Virginia’s solicitor general to leading the FTC. Ferguson discusses the agency’s enforcement priorities and how the FTC works alongside state AGs to maximize consumer redress. He closes with candid advice for companies and counsel navigating matters with the FTC: cooperate early; come prepared with substantive written advocacy well ahead of meetings; and understand that although the FTC prefers to resolve matters cooperatively, it remains prepared to litigate when needed.
By Clayton S. Friedman and Matthew J. Berns
In this episode of Regulatory Oversight, Clay Friedman and Matt Berns are joined by New Jersey AG Jennifer Davenport, who was sworn in as the state’s 63rd AG in February 2026.
By Taylor Gess, James Stevens, and Sarah Hanna
In this crossover episode of Payments Pros and The Consumer Finance Podcast, Taylor Gess is joined by colleagues James Stevens and Sarah Hanna from Troutman Pepper Locke’s Corporate and Consumer Financial Services practices to discuss the surge of interest among fintech and point-of-sale finance companies in obtaining bank charters, acquiring existing banks, and forming bank partnerships.
By Warren F. “Jay” Myers, Sydney Goldberg, and Timothy Shyu
Political activities sit at the intersection of law, policy, and reputation. Companies operating in highly regulated industries cannot avoid political law issues, and it is frequently more complex than expected. This quarterly newsletter highlights a few practical issues we are seeing with clients and a handful of developments worth keeping on the radar.
By Troutman Pepper Locke State Attorneys General Team
On September 8, a bipartisan coalition of 49 state and territorial AGs filed reply comments with the FCC, urging the agency to make its “Know Your Upstream Provider” (KYUP) requirements mandatory for voice service providers. The coalition is led by North Carolina AG Jeff Jackson, who also chairs the Anti-Robocall Multistate Litigation Task Force.
By Jay Dubow and Ghillaine Reid
On August 31, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) executed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) establishing a formal framework for sharing nonpublic information between the two agencies. The MOU takes effect immediately upon signature and reflects a significant step toward coordinated regulatory and enforcement activity at the intersection of public health and financial markets.
By John West, Nick Ramos, and Sydney Goldberg
On September 10, the U.S. Attorney’s Office (USAO) for the Northern District of California announced that Southern Glazer’s Wine and Spirits, LLC (Southern Glazer’s), the largest distributor of wine and spirits in the United States, entered into a non-prosecution agreement (NPA) to resolve a federal criminal investigation into the company’s bribery, false invoicing, and other trade practice violations.
By Agustin Rodriguez and Zie Alere
In late September, the chief administrative law judge (ALJ) at the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Derek C. Julius, paused the pending rulemaking proceedings to reschedule all marijuana to Schedule III. The stay order delays the issuance of the ALJ’s recommendation to the agency while he considers whether to admit and receive briefing on a new U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) report concerning federal drug scheduling policies.
By Bryan Haynes, Agustin Rodriguez, and Zie Alere
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit recently ruled in NicQuid, L.L.C. v. FDA, No. 24-60272 (5th Cir. Aug. 19, 2026), that the FDA’s “comparative efficacy standard” is a substantive rule that was adopted in violation of the Administrative Procedure Act’s (APA) notice-and-comment rulemaking requirements.
By Bryan Haynes and Nick Ramos
On September 2, a group of tobacco product manufacturers and retailers filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas challenging the FDA’s 2021 premarket tobacco product application (PMTA) rule. Plaintiffs take aim at a regulation they say has made it virtually impossible for the FDA to authorize new tobacco products within the timeline Congress set more than 15 years ago.
By Troutman Pepper Locke State Attorneys General Team
On September 23, a bipartisan coalition of 26 AGs led by New York AG Letitia James wrote to congressional leadership urging Congress to establish comprehensive federal regulation and safety protocols for frontier artificial intelligence (AI). The letter identifies six elements the signatories say belong in any federal regulatory scheme, including an explicit prohibition on preemption of state AI laws.
By Troutman Pepper Locke State Attorneys General Team
On September 14, Massachusetts AG Andrea Campbell announced a settlement with several debt buying and debt collection companies and their owner, resolving a lawsuit that accused them of seizing consumers’ cars to coerce payments on unrelated debts. The defendants are now permanently barred from buying or collecting on debts in the state, leaving them unable to recover approximately $52 million in alleged loans to more than 6,000 Massachusetts consumers.
By Troutman Pepper Locke State Attorneys General Team
On August 31, the FTC, joined by the AGs of 22 states, filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington alleging that Amazon.com, Inc. overcharged its approximately 1.2 million advertising customers by manipulating the auctions it uses to set ad prices on its platform.
By Troutman Pepper Locke State Attorneys General Team
On September 1, the New Jersey AG and Division of Consumer Affairs announced that Match Group, Inc. (MGI), the Texas-based operator of several major online dating platforms, will pay $650,000 and implement changes to its business practices to settle allegations that it violated New Jersey’s consumer protection and internet dating safety laws. The resulting consent order resolves an investigation into MGI’s disclosures related to criminal background screening, or lack thereof, to its New Jersey users.
Stephanie Kozol, Senior Government Relations Manager – State Attorneys General, also contributed to this newsletter.
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