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Josh Lesser has experience representing a wide range of clients, including financial institutions, businesses, and individuals in a variety of litigation and transactional matters. With a background in commercial litigation and bankruptcy, he brings valuable experience advising clients in banking, finance, capital markets, energy, entertainment, commercial real estate, retail, and hospitality industries, among others. Josh approaches each matter from the standpoint of service and advocates for his clients’ best interests in a result-oriented and cost-effective manner.

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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) latest proposed rule to define risks to consumers may appear technical, but its implications reach far beyond the narrow mechanics of supervisory designation. By binding itself to a clearer standard requiring a high likelihood of significant harm directly tied to financial products and services, the Bureau is signaling a…

In its recent opinion in Raymond James & Associates Inc. v. Jalbert (In re German Pellets Louisiana LLC), 23-30040, 2024 WL 339101 (5th Cir. Jan. 30, 2024), the Fifth Circuit held that a confirmed bankruptcy plan enjoined a party from asserting certain indemnification counterclaims against a plan trustee because the party did not…