Over the past two years, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has been aggressively seeking to expand the range of companies over which it has examination authority. These efforts included the CFPB’s announcement in 2022 of its intention to use a previously “dormant” authority to conduct regulatory examinations of nonbank…

Under Pennsylvania law, fully integrated written contracts do not necessarily prevent an aggrieved party from successfully arguing that it was fraudulently induced into the contract by misrepresentations. If the contract at issue is fully integrated but lacks the “fraud-insulating” provisions needed to make it “integrated-plus,” then neither the gist of…

A lack of necessary expertise and talent is preventing many legal teams from leveraging generative AI technology, according to Consilio’s Legalweek 2024 survey of 129 legal professionals, half of which came from law firms, while 43% came from corporate legal departments and 6% from government-affiliated entities. Asked what is preventing them from…

Baker McKenzie and its Brazilian arm, Trench, Rossi and Watanabe Advogados, are leading the United States’ National Football League (NFL) in its first-ever regular season games to be played in Spain and South America. The teams of Spanish and Brazilian lawyers made a joint pitch to the NFL to advise…

Former Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association President Ken Fulginiti has founded his own personal injury firm following almost 35 years at the Duffy Firm, formerly known as Duffy + Fulginiti. Fulginiti departed his life-long firm around the start of February along with attorney Sarah Dooley and three additional staff members to…

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati has more than tripled the amount of office space it occupies in London, moving into an office with a baseball theme. The firm has relocated from 41 Old Street to Eden House, 8 Spital Square. Its new office is more than 32,000 square feet, and…