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Like most industries today, Consumer Finance Services businesses are being significantly impacted by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Troutman Pepper has developed a dedicated COVID-19.
As the Colorado Attorney General, Phil Weiser has made consumer protection a priority. Mr. Weiser has focused much of his efforts on robocalls, data privacy and security, student loans, GAP insurance, and increased enforcement of Colorado consumer protection and antitrust laws.
Leah Dempsey
ACA International
Washington, DC
Leah Dempsey has a career marked by success as an advocate for the financial services industry, committed to advancing their priorities at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the Federal Communications Commission, other federal agencies, and on Capitol Hill. Dempsey was recognized by The Hill as a Top Lobbyist in 2020 noting that, “The ranks of policy experts and influencers run deep in Washington, but these are the people who stand out for delivering results for their clients in the halls of Congress and in the administration.”
In her role as Vice President and Senior Counsel for Federal advocacy at ACA International, Dempsey leads efforts to develop and implement ACA’s federal advocacy agenda in Washington, DC. She writes and speaks frequently about the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, Unfair Deceptive Abusive Acts and Practices, and federal rules and legislation impacting the ac
The United States Supreme Court granted certiorari in
Badgerow v. Walters, No. 20-1143 on May 17, 2021. The question presented is “[w]hether federal courts have subject matter jurisdiction to confirm or vacate an arbitration award under Sections 9 and 10 of the [Federal Arbitration Act (“FAA”)] where the only basis for jurisdiction is that the underlying dispute involved a federal question.”
In
Vaden v. Discover Bank, 556 U.S. 49 (2009), the Supreme Court held that a federal court, in reviewing a petition to compel arbitration under Section 4 of the FAA, may “look through” the petition to decide whether the parties’ underlying dispute gives rise to federal question jurisdiction. Alan Kaplinsky and Martin Bryce of Ballard’s Consumer Financial Services group successfully represented the defendant in the District Court and the Fourth Circuit with respect to that issue. The text of Section 4, which states that petitions to compel arbitration may be