Maxwell Earp-Thomas

Max is an associate in the Finance & Bankruptcy Practice Group in the firm’s Orange County office.

Areas of Practice

Max is a member of the firm’s Consumer Finance and Blockchain & Fintech Teams. Max has experience counseling bank-fintech partnerships, fintechs and other non-bank institutions offering financial products or services on a variety of federal and state compliance issues.

Articles

Consumer Finance and Fintech Blog Posts

• "CFPB Announces Potential FCRA Expansion Targeting Brokers of Consumer Data," April 5, 2024

• "Report Signals CFPB Taking Aim at Video Game and Virtual Worlds Industries," April 5, 2024

• "Lenders Sue to Block Colorado’s Interest Rate ‘Opt-Out’ Law," March 29, 2024

• "Third Circuit Ruling Gives CFPB Green Light to Enforce Against Student Loan Trusts," March 22, 2024

• "FTC Announces Major Expansion of Telemarketing Sales Rule," March 15, 2024

• "Trade Groups Continue Fight Against CFPB’s 1071 Small Business Rulemaking," March 8, 2024

• "Crypto Platform Settles SEC and State Regulator Charges over Interest Bearing Feature on Customer Accounts," February 16, 2024
• "DOJ and North Carolina Attorney General Reach $13.5M Settlement in Discriminatory Lending Case," February 9, 2024

• "FTC Cracks Down on Data Aggregator, Bans Sale of Precise Consumer Location Data," February 2, 2024