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EricLJohnson

  1. House passes bill imposing more financial oversight of big banks and creating consumer protection agency.
  2. At the request of Congress, the FTC has delayed enforcement of the Red Flags Rule until June 1st. www.ftc.gov
  3. Court Finds That Lawyers Are Not Subject to the FTC's Identity Theft Red Flags Rule http://tiny.cc/zMbGr
  4. The House Financial Services Committee approves new Consumer Financial Protection Agency, 39-29. Uh oh.
  5. House passes exclusion to Red Flags Rule for small health care, legal and accounting practices: http://tinyurl.com/yzyeatf
  6. Obama proposes a new Consumer Financial Protection Agency today which will substantially change many different industries.
  7. Feds issued FAQs on Red Flags & Address Discrepancy Rules. See http://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/press/bcreg/bcreg20090611a1.pdf
  8. Just listed myself in the http://localtweeps.com local Twitter directory in ZIP/Postal District 73102
  9. Reading: http://newsok.com/tw/3369377 12 Oklahoma dealerships on Chrysler's closure list
  10. The FTC delayed enforcement of their Red Flags Rule again until August 1, 2009. Again, really!?!
  11. Chrysler is going to file or be placed into Chapter 11 Bankruptcy--announced on Thursday.
  12. The Department of Consumer Credit came out with a new enforcement policy on split loans that will affect all Supervised Lenders.
  13. The FTC has a new website to help businesses comply with the Identity Theft Red Flags Rule at http://www2.ftc.gov/redflagsrule.
  14. Reading: http://newsok.com/tw/3362643 Buyers of gold for cash must be licensed as a pawnbroker or precious metals or gem dealers.