Alan helps consumer-facing clients navigate compliance, litigation, and regulatory risks posed by the complex web of state and federal consumer protection laws. He is a trusted advisor and tireless advocate, helping clients develop practical compliance and dispute-resolution strategies.
Alan is a partner in the firm's Consumer Financial Services practice, focusing on financial services litigation and consumer law compliance counseling. He helps businesses with the myriad federal and state consumer protection laws and laws regulating financial services and other types of consumer-facing companies. Alan has represented businesses in many venues nationally in class action and individual consumer litigation. He assists particularly with the "alphabet soup" of consumer protection statutes, including:
Alan also has experience handling business litigation based on contracts and federal and state securities laws, as well as defending shareholder derivative and class action claims.
Alan provides ongoing analysis and commentary on developments in the consumer financial services industry through the Consumer Financial Services Law Monitor blog at cfslawmonitor.com, and as author of numerous client e-alerts.
Financial and Consumer Law Litigation
Consumer Law Counseling and Compliance
Business Litigation
Consumer Financial Services Law Monitor
06.17.24
CFPB Report Foreshadows Increased Scrutiny of Negative Equity in Auto Lending
Consumer Financial Services Law Monitor
06.14.24
FTC Issues 2023 Staff Report on Actions Related to Credit, Leases, and Electronic Fund Transfers
Consumer Financial Services Law Monitor
06.13.24
Maryland Federal Court Denies Summary Judgment on TCPA Claim, Finding No Prior Express Written Consent Because E-SIGN Disclosures Were Not in Writing
Consumer Financial Services Law Monitor
06.05.24
Contract Terms and Conditions Come Under CFPB Scrutiny
Consumer Financial Services Law Monitor
05.30.24
April 2024 Consumer Litigation Filings: Trending Up for Most
Articles + Publications
05.23.24
Maryland Enacts the Judge Andrew F. Wilkinson Judicial Security Act: Are More Daniel's Laws on the Horizon?