Further setback for the CFPB director’s authority? *

USA - May 17 2013
A split panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit issued a decision yesterday holding that a "recess" appointment to the National…

Co-authors: Marc A. Hearron, Andrew M. Smith.

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California is poised to enact foreclosure legislation *

USA - July 11 2012
As California goes, so goes the nation?

Co-authors: William L. Stern, Grant C. Schrader.

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Other courts find Congress means what it says *

USA - December 6 2011
Other district courts that have considered the issue have found the Dodd-Frank preemption provisions do not apply to cases brought before the statute’s July 21, 2011 effective date or to contracts entered into before that date.

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West Virginia goes way out there *

USA - December 6 2011
You would think two express provisions indicating Congress did not intend the Dodd Frank preemption provisions to apply retroactively would do the trick.

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Laws include common law under FCRA *

USA - December 6 2011
The Seventh Circuit weighed in on the debate over the scope of FCRA preemption, siding with those courts refusing to distinguish between state common law and statutory claims.

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