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NEWS

• New York Times (http://www.nytimes.com)

• Wall Street Journal (http://online.wsj.com)

• Wall Street Journal – Small Business (http://online.wsj.com/public/page/news-small-business-marketing.html)

• Al Jazeera (http://english.aljazeera.net)

• Financial Times (http://www.ft.com/home/us)

• The Economist (http://www.economist.com)

• Dallas Morning News (http://www.dallasnews.com)

 

RESOURCES

• Office of the Consumer Credit Commissioner for Texas (http://www.occc.state.tx.us)

• Texas Finance Commission (http://www.fc.state.tx.us)

• Texas Secretary of State (http://www.sos.state.tx.us/index.html)

• Federal Trade Commission (http://www.ftc.gov)

• FTC Consumer Protection Division (http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/index.shtml)

• Texas Attorney General (http://www.oag.state.tx.us/index.shtml)

• Texas Attorney General – Consumer Protection Division (http://www.oag.state.tx.us/consumer/index.shtml)

• U.S. Small Business Administration (http://www.sba.gov)

• Texas Bar Association (https://www.texasbar.com)

• Dallas Bar Association (http://www.dallasbar.org)

• Tarrant County Bar Association (http://www.tarrantbar.org)

• Collin County Bar Association (http://www.collincountybar.com)

• Texas Journal of Consumer and Commercial Law (http://www.jtexconsumerlaw.com)

• Service Core Of Retired Executives (SCORE – Mentoring Program) (http://www.score.org/index.html)

• Federal Deposit Insurance Commission (http://www.fdic.gov)

• Federal Office of Thrift Supervision (http://www.ots.treas.gov)

• U.S. Department of the Treasury (http://www.ustreas.gov)

• Federal Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (http://www.occ.treas.gov)

• FinCEN (Financial Crimes Enforcement Network) (http://www.fincen.gov)

• Office of Foreign Assets Control – (http://www.ustreas.gov/offices/enforcement/ofac)

• IRS (http://www.irs.gov)

• Federal Reserve Board (http://www.federalreserve.gov)

• Federal Reserve Bank of New York (http://www.newyorkfed.org/index.html)

• Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) (http://www.finra.org)

• Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) (http://www.ffiec.gov)

 

STATUES AND LEGISLATIVE UPDATES

• Truth in Lending Act and Regulation Z (http://www.fdic.gov/regulations/laws/rules/6500-1400.html)

• Home Ownership and Equity Protection Act (http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/pubs/consumer/homes/rea19.shtm)

• ECOA and Regulation B (http://www.fdic.gov/regulations/laws/rules/6500-2900.html)

• Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act and Regulation X (http://ecfr.gpoaccess.gov/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=ecfr&tpl=/ecfrbrowse/Title24/24cfr3500_main_02.tpl)

• Home Mortgage Disclosure Act and Regulation M (http://www.fdic.gov/regulations/laws/rules/6500-3030.html)

• Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (http://www.ftc.gov/os/statutes/fdcpajump.shtm)

• Texas Debt Collection Act (http://www.occc.state.tx.us/pages/consumer/education/DebtColl.htm)

• Fair Credit Reporting Act (http://www.ftc.gov/os/statutes/fcrajump.shtm)

• Fair Credit Billing Act (www.ftc.gov/os/statutes/fcb/fcb.pdf)

• Credit Repair Organizations Act (http://www.ftc.gov/os/statutes/croa/croa.shtm)

• Texas Credit Services Organizations Act (http://www.statutes.legis.state.tx.us/Docs/FI/htm/FI.393.htm)

• Texas Debt Management Services Organizations Act (http://law.justia.com/texas/codes/fi/005.00.000394.00.html)

• Texas Administrative Code Regulations regarding Texas Debt Management Services Act (http://info.sos.state.tx.us/pls/pub/readtac$ext.ViewTAC?tac_view=4&ti=7&pt=5&ch=88)

• Uniform Debt-Management Services Act (http://www.udmsa.org)

• Truth-In-Savings Act and Regulation DD (http://www.fdic.gov/regulations/laws/rules/6500-3400.html)

• Electronic Funds and Transfer Act and Regulation E (http://www.fdic.gov/regulations/laws/rules/6500-1350.html)

• E-Sign and Uniform Electronic Transactions Act (http://www.law.upenn.edu/bll/archives/ulc/fnact99/1990s/ueta99.htm)

• Identity Theft Red Flags Rule FTC Microsite (http://ftc.gov/bcp/edu/microsites/redflagsrule/more-about-red-flags.shtm)

• Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (http://www.ftc.gov/privacy/glbact/glbsub1.htm)

• Uniform Commercial Code (http://www.law.cornell.edu/ucc/ucc.table.html)

• Texas Finance Code (http://law.justia.com/texas/codes/fi.html)

• Texas Business Organizations Code (http://law.justia.com/texas/codes/bo.html)

• Texas Business and Commerce Code (http://law.justia.com/texas/codes/bc.html)

• Texas Property Code (http://law.justia.com/texas/codes/pr.html)

• Texas Legislature Online (http://www.capitol.state.tx.us)

• U. S. Government Printing Office (http://www.gpoaccess.gov/index.html)

• StateNet Legislative Tracking (http://www.statenet.com)

• Govtrack.us Legislative Tracking (http://www.govtrack.us)

• THOMAS – Library Of Contract Legislation Services (http://thomas.loc.gov)

 

LEGAL REASEARCH

Westlaw (http://www.westlaw.com)

Lexis (http://www.lexis.com)

Justia (http://justia.com)

 

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