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Experience:
Jeffrey Taft is a regulatory attorney whose practice focuses primarily on banking regulations, payment systems, consumer financial services, privacy issues and legal implications of the USA PATRIOT Act. He has extensive experience counseling financial institutions, merchants and other entities on various federal and state consumer credit issues, including compliance with the Truth-in-Lending Act, the Fair Credit Reporting Act, the Electronic Fund Transfer Act, the Equal Credit Opportunity Act, the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act, state and federal unfair or deceptive practices statutes, the Bank Secrecy Act, the USA PATRIOT Act, OFAC regulations and other anti-money laundering laws; and the creation and implementation of privacy and information security programs under Title V of the Gramm-Leach Bliley Act and state privacy laws.
Jeff regularly represents banks, bank holding companies, trust companies and other financial service providers on regulatory matters, including the development and operation of multi-state fiduciary, deposit and credit card programs. He has also advised merchants and financial services companies on issues relating to credit cards, debit cards, gift cards, wire and ACH transfers and other payment products.
Prior to joining the Washington, DC office of Mayer Brown in 1998, Jeff held a senior position with a prominent Ohio law firm.
Notable Engagements:
Advised several diversified financial services companies in connection with data security breaches and their security breach response plans and procedures.
Represented several clients in evaluating alternative structures for delivering consumer financial services and chartering industrial loan corporations, thrifts and banks.
Advised investment banks, and other secondary market participants on federal, state and local predatory lending laws and assignee liability.
Advised several financial services companies on interest rate exportation, preemption and licensing issues in connection with their multi-state consumer lending programs.
Education:
Harvard Law School, LLM, 1993, University of Pittsburgh School of Law, JD, cum laude, 1992, Tulane University, BA, 1989. | 