About The Lecturer

Robin Nunn has a wealth of experience gained in private practice as well as working in-house for Fortune 500 companies. Robin’s practice focuses on complex civil litigation, enforcement litigation, white collar defense, transactional due diligence, creation and review of corporate compliance programs, and investigations. She also counsels on novel issues connected to new communication technologies, blockchain, cryptocurrencies, payments, artificial intelligence, and big data. Robin is also a co-leader of the firm’s banking industry team.

Robin has handled high-stakes cases on behalf of a wide range of clients, including banks, financial services firms, fintech companies, pharmaceutical companies, technology companies, and private equity firms in connection with civil trials and hearings, regulatory investigations and enforcement proceedings, state licensing, product development, regulatory compliance, examination, transactional matters, False Claims Act investigations, antitrust disputes and consumer protection lawsuits.

She also has experience in the statistical review and analysis of data and design and implementation of corporate compliance programs. She advises on privacy, cybersecurity, breach investigation, breach reporting and breach responses, and has assisted clients on compliance with the Truth in Lending Act (TILA)/Reg. Z, Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA)/Reg. B, Truth in Savings Act (TISA), Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA), Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA)/Reg. V, Electronic Fund Transfer Act (EFTA)/Reg. E, Gramm–Leach–Bliley Act (GLBA), Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA), Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA), Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA), Unfair, Deceptive, or Abusive Acts or Practices Act (UDAAP), Community Reinvestment Act (CRA), Bank Secrecy Act (BSA), USA PATRIOT Act, Federal Trade Commission Act, Reg. K, Reg. O, Reg. W, Reg. Y, state money transmitter laws, state licensed lender laws, state unclaimed property laws, state prepaid access laws, and other federal and state laws and regulations.

Robin has also represented individuals and institutions before a number of US agencies, including the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), US Department of Justice, US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Federal Trade Commission, Federal Reserve Board (FRB), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), and Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), as well as state attorneys general and state banking regulators. She is often called on by the national media for commentary.

Robin is committed to creating and sustaining open, equal, collaborative, innovative, and inclusive environments throughout the world. She maintains an active pro bono and diversity and inclusion practice, and has been awarded a Pro Bono Publico Award for her representation of immigrant adults and children and led a prisoner rights case which led to the reversing of a wrongful dismissal in McPeek v. Blanchard (8th Circuit).

Before joining the Litigation, Arbitration, and Investigations practice at Linklaters, Robin was partner at another international law firm where she represented multinational financial clients in enforcement proceedings. Prior to that, she served as in-house counsel with two Fortune 500 companies, where she established and executed legal strategies for the company’s legal department, including on lawsuits and enforcement matters. She also counseled internal clients on legal issues across the business, including on cybersecurity, breach response, product design and launch, regulatory compliance, corporate governance, credit, operations, underwriting, and risk in a broad range of products including financial services, credit card, mortgage, auto, broker-dealer, and banking.

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Practice Area(s)

Trial

Publications

9/26/2022 - Emerging Financial Crime Trends, Payment Fraud, and Risk Mitigation: How Banks Can Be Prepared

6/24/2022 - Updating Community Reinvestment Act Is Key for Financial Inclusion, Bloomberg Law

May 2022 - Introduction to Flash Loans: Legal and Business Considerations, Thomson Reuters Westlaw Today

5/4/2022 - CFPB Spring Supervisory Highlights Detail Agency Findings and Priorities

2/16/2022 - Buy Now, Pay Later: Balancing Credit Access with Consumer Protection

2/7/2022 - CFPB’s Probe of Buy Now, Pay Later: What’s the Risk to Consumers?, Bloomberg Law

1/10/2022 - CFPB Pans Credit Reporting Agency Consumer Complaint Handling

12/31/2021 - California’s Board Diversity Law: More Seats at the Table for Different Voices and Increased Scrutiny of Board Composition, California Real Property Journal

12/14/2021 - Energy Companies Must Prepare Now for New Board Diversity Regulations

11/5/2021 - President’s Working Group Report: Stablecoin Issuers Should Be Banks; Status as Securities or Commodities Still Unclear

8/16/2021 - SEC Greenlights New Director Diversity Disclosure Requirements for Nasdaq-Listed Companies

6/29/2021 - US Supreme Court Majority Rules No Harm, No Foul in TransUnion LLC v. Ramirez

4/20/2021 - What to Expect from FinCEN's Beneficial Ownership Rules, Law360

4/7/2021 - FinCEN Releases Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on New Beneficial Ownership Reporting Requirement

Spring 2021 - What 2021 Has in Store for Stablecoin, Journal of Robotics, Artificial Intelligence & Law

2/12/2021 - Acting CFPB Director Calls for Companies to Improve Responses to Consumer Complaints

February 08, 2021 (Updated February 11, 2021) - CFPB’s New Acting Director Signals Significant Shifts in Agency Direction, Policies, and Priorities

1/20/2021 - Q&A: Consumer Protection Outlook Under the Biden Administration

1/19/2021 - California DFPI Staffs Up, Begins Investigating Previously Out-of-Reach Businesses

1/15/2021 - Fair Lending Focus: CFPB Issues Statement on Serving Consumers with Limited English Proficiency

January 2021 - What 2021 Has in Store for Stablecoin

12/21/2020 - How Corporate Transparency Act Could Benefit Finance Cos., Law360

12/16/2020 - Corporate Transparency Act: How Will It Affect Financial Institutions?

12/7/2020 - US Lawmakers Propose Stablecoin Regulation

12/4/2020 - Nasdaq Proposes New Board Diversity Composition and Disclosure Requirements

11/19/2020 - Consumer Financial Protection Outlook

11/10/2020 - State Attorneys General: Status Quo on the Surface, but Change in Washington Means Increased Enforcement Risk From the States

11/9/2020 - CFPB Issues Final (and First Ever) Debt Collection Rule

11/2/2020 - Senate Banking Committee Members Propose Fair Access to Financial Services Act

10/27/2020 - Report: California Sees Significant Increase in Female Directors After SB 826, but More Needed

10/9/2020 - Director Diversity and Derivative Lawsuits – Climate of Change

10/6/2020 - CFPB Issues Guidance Regarding Applications for Early Termination of Consent Orders

10/1/2020 - ‘Let’s Be Civil’: White House Due Process Memo May Improve Enforcement in Financial Regulatory Matters

9/16/2020 - CFPB Outlines Small Business Lending Data Collection Rule Proposals

9/14/2020 - California Means Business (Regulation) with New ‘Mini-CFPB’ Law

August 2019 - Chapter 20: Getting Smart on the Government and AI, Law of Artificial Intelligence and Smart Machines: Understanding A.I. and the Legal Impact

5/30/2018 - Workforce Diversity Can Help Banks Mitigate AI Bias, American Banker

Education

University of Chicago Law School, J.D.

Dartmouth College, B.A.