On December 2, a non-governmental policy organization affiliated with Democratic state attorneys general announced the formation of a Consumer Protection and Affordability Working Group. The initiative will be supported by participating attorneys general and advised by Rohit Chopra, the former Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and former Commissioner at the Federal Trade Commission.
On December 1, 2025, the Federal Reserve released its semiannual Supervision and Regulation Report describing a broad reduction in outstanding supervisory findings across institutions of all sizes. The report indicates declines among global systemically important banks, large foreign and domestic banking organizations, and small and midsize banks, reflecting a shift in the Fed’s supervisory posture.
On October 2, The CFPB finalized a rule extending the compliance deadlines for its 2023 Small Business Lending Data Collection Rule under the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA) and Regulation B. The final rule confirms the Bureau’s June 2025 interim rule delaying implementation by approximately one year to align compliance timelines across institutions affected by federal
On September 8, the D.C. Attorney General filed a lawsuit in D.C. Superior Court against a crypto ATM operator alleging violations of the Consumer Protection Procedures Act and the Abuse, Neglect, and Financial Exploitation of Vulnerable Adults and the Elderly Act. The suit also alleges unlicensed money transmission activity in the District.
On July 1, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed a district court’s denial of a preliminary injunction sought by several short-term lenders challenging amendments to the City of Dallas’s short-term lending ordinance.
On June 22, 2025, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed into law House Bill 149, enacting the Texas Responsible Artificial Intelligence Governance Act (TRAIGA). The law establishes one of the nation’s most comprehensive state-level artificial intelligence regulatory frameworks. TRAIGA imposes disclosure, consent, and compliance requirements on developers, deployers, and governmental entities who use artificial intelligence systems
On April 7, the White House issued a fact sheet outlining new steps to support the responsible use and procurement of AI across federal agencies. The initiative builds on the Biden Administration’s 2023 Executive Order on AI and is intended to reduce administrative hurdles, improve interagency coordination, and expand access to commercially available AI tools.
On March 13, New York Attorney General Letitia James announced the introduction of the Fostering Affordability and Integrity through Reasonable Business Practices Act (FAIR Business Practices Act). The proposed legislation seeks to extend the state’s existing ban on deceptive business practices to also prohibit unfair and abusive practices, aligning New York with 42 other states.
On February 20, the Virginia General Assembly passed the High-Risk Artificial Intelligence Developer and Deployer Act. If signed into law, Virginia would become the second state, after Colorado, to enact comprehensive regulation of “high-risk” artificial intelligence systems used in critical consumer-facing contexts, such as employment, lending, housing, and insurance.
On February 19, 2025, President Donald Trump signed an executive order (the “Order”) mandating that independent agencies, including the SEC, the FCC, and the FTC, submit proposed regulations for presidential review before finalization. The order marks a significant shift in the regulatory process, altering the long-standing autonomy of these agencies by subjecting them to executive