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Buckley LLP | USA | 16 Aug 2018
Massachusetts Attorney General announces firm to pay $26.8 million for securitization of subprime mortgages
On August 6, the Massachusetts Attorney General announced a settlement with a securities firm related to the allegedly unfair purchase and…
Foley & Lardner LLP | USA | 27 Jul 2017
Sub-Prime Auto Loan Delinquencies Continue to Rise, but Experts Provide Divergent Views of Impact
Nearly one year ago, we wrote about auto loan delinquencies’ potential impact on the automotive industry. Now, car sales are falling and auto loan…
Maurice Wutscher LLP | USA | 22 May 2017
SCOTUS Holds Cities Have Standing Under FHA for ‘Subprime Nuisance’ Claims
The Supreme Court of the United States recently held that a city qualifies as an “aggrieved person” under the federal Fair Housing Act, 42 U.S.C. §…
Morrison & Foerster LLP | USA | 15 Mar 2017
CFPB Initiates Third CARD Act Review
On March 10, 2017, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) published a Request for Information (2017 RFI) regarding the consumer…
Milbank LLP | United Kingdom, USA | 15 Mar 2017
Privilege in cross-border investigations and litigation: Implications of The RBS Rights Issue Litigation in the English High Court
Although the laws relating to legal professional privilege in England and attorney-client privilege in the US share a common underlying policy…
Dechert LLP | USA | 23 Jan 2017
Hey Guys, Let’s Sue a Financial Institution! Our Government at Play
This is all about the difficulty of taking the punch bowl away from a roaring good party. Over the past several weeks a number of major banks folded…
McCarthy Tétrault LLP | Canada | 17 Jan 2017
Third-Party Releases in CCAA Plans of Compromise and Arrangement
It is well-established that Canadian courts have jurisdiction to approve a plan of compromise or arrangement under the Companies’ Creditors…
Edgeworth Economics | USA | 19 Jul 2016
Building the CFPB’s Arbitration Archive: A Commentary on Design, Implementation, and Privacy
An element of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) potential rulemaking on arbitration agreements is a proposal to require the submission…
Cooley LLP | United Kingdom | 12 Jul 2016
FCA review of crowdfunding & peer-to-peer lending rules - change and enforcement likely to follow
The FCA has published a “Call for input to the post-implementation review of [its] crowdfunding rules“. Some will think this is code for “move along…
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP | USA | 31 May 2016
Second Circuit Strikes Down Imposition of $1.27 Billion FIRREA Penalty, Holds That Government Failed to Prove Countrywide Acted with Fraudulent Intent
On May 23, 2016, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit reversed a jury's finding of liability and the district court's imposition…
