Dodd-Frank News: January 2013: Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform And Consumer...
In This Issue: - RECENT CASES . Dodd-Frank Challenges Under the Administrative Procedure Act and Commodity Exchange Act . Preemption . Whistleblower Protection Under the Dodd-Frank Act . Arbitration...
View ArticleDodd-Frank News - March 2013: Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform And Consumer...
In This Issue: - Recent Cases ..CFTC Jurisdiction Under the Commodity Exchange Act ..Dodd-Frank Amendment to the TILA ..Preemption ..Say-On-Pay Voting ..Pre-Dispute Arbitration Agreements...
View ArticleBanking & Financial Services E-Note - March 28, 2013
In This Issue: - Global Banking Group Calls for Several Rates to Replace Libor - U.S. Applies Money-Laundering Rules to "Virtual Currencies" - SEC Says Big Banks Don't Have to Hold Shareholder Break-Up...
View ArticleBurr Alert: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Amends Regulation E And...
In late March, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ("CFPB") issued final rules amending Regulation E, 12 C.F.R. § 1005.16, which implements the Electronic Fund Transfer Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1693 et...
View ArticleBanking & Financial Services E-Note - April 25, 2013
In This Issue: - Regulators Could Step in with Tougher Rules as Bank Profits Rise - Bill Would Force Study of Basel III Impact on Bank Capital Costs - Regulator Wants Enforcement Powers Against Bank...
View ArticleDodd-Frank News - May 2013: Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform And Consumer...
In This Issue: - Introduction - Recent Cases ..Amendments to Preemption Standards ..TILA Statute of Limitations ..Dodd-Frank Amendments to RESPA ..Whistleblower Protection ..Say-on-Pay Votes - News...
View ArticleBanking & Financial Services E - Note - May 30, 2013
In This Issue: - New Suits Filed as Credit Card Swipe Fee Settlement Deadline Looms - Sec. Lew Tells Senate Committee of Plans to Accelerate Dodd-Frank - New Mortgage Rule to Block Access to Credit,...
View ArticleDodd-Frank News: July 2013: Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform And Consumer...
In This Issue: - Recent Cases ..Dodd-Frank Act Amendments to RESPA ..Amendments to Preemption Standards ..Whistleblower Protection ..SEC Final Rule Pursuant to Dodd-Frank Act Vacated ..Dodd-Frank Act...
View ArticleBanking & Financial Services E-Note - July 31, 2013
In This Issue: - Fed "Reviewing" Banks' Trading in Physical Commodity Markets - Senate Passes Student Loan Bill With House Expected to Follow Suit - Senators Introduce 21st Century Glass-Steagall Act -...
View ArticleDodd-Frank News: September 2013: Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform And Consumer...
In This Issue: - Recent Cases ..CFPB Involvement in Litigation ..Say-On-Pay Voting ..Constitutional Challenges to Dodd-Frank ..TILA Rescission ..Dodd-Frank Amendment to the Securities and Exchange Act...
View ArticleBanking & Financial Services E-Note - September 30, 2013
In This Issue: - NCUA Drafts Rule Subjecting Big Credit Unions to Stress Tests Report Finds FDIC Has Filed as Least 32 D&O Lawsuits This Year - CFPB Cracks Down on "Furnishers" Giving Credit Report...
View ArticleBanking & Financial Services E-Note - November 21, 2013
In This Issue: - CFPB Prepares New Rules Restricting Debt Collectors - CFPB, DOJ Team to Investigate Auto Dealers Over Financing Bias - CFPB Investigating Credit Card Rewards Programs - Consideration...
View ArticleDodd-Frank News: November 2013: Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform And Consumer...
In This Issue: - Recent Cases ..Dodd-Frank Prohibition on Arbitration ..Statutory Damages Under TILA ..Preemption ..Declaratory Relief ..HAMP Claims ..Constitutional Challenge to Dodd-Frank...
View ArticleDodd-Frank News: January 2014: Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform And Consumer...
In This Issue: - Recent Cases ..Dodd-Frank Prohibition on Yield Spread Premiums ..Dodd-Frank Prohibition on Arbitration ..Whistleblower Protection Under the Dodd-Frank Act ..Dodd-Frank Amendments to...
View ArticleBanking & Financial Services E-Note - January 31, 2014
In This Issue: - DOJ Weighs Action Against Banks Over Payday Lending Business - More Regulatory Scrutiny Causing Banks to Pass on LBOs - Officials to Issue New Rules on Banks Holding Marijuana Funds -...
View ArticleDodd-Frank News - March 2014: Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform And Consumer...
In This Issue: - Recent Cases January Through March 2014 ..Dodd-Frank Amendments to RESPA ..Dodd-Frank Prohibition on Arbitration Clauses ..Whistleblower Protection Under Dodd-Frank - News &...
View ArticleBanking & Financial Services E-Note - March 27, 2014
In This Issue: - SEC Considers New Funding Rules for Shadow Banking System - Judge Backs FTC Authority to Pursue Payday Lenders - Regulator Estimates Volcker Rule Could Cost Banks Up to $4.3B - Appeals...
View ArticleDodd-Frank News: May 2014: Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer...
In This Issue: - RECENT CASES ..Preemption ..CFPB Involvement in Litigation ..CFTC Regulation of Retail Commodity Transactions ..Durbin Amendment ..Appraiser Disclosure Requirements Under Dodd-Frank...
View ArticleDodd-Frank News: July 2014 Dodd Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer...
In This Issue: - Recent Cases ..RESPA ..FDCPA ..TCPA ..FCCPA & FDCPA ..TILA - In The News ..CFPB to Begin Collecting Complaints Regarding Prepaid Cards ..CFPB Proposes Letting Consumers Make...
View ArticleBanking & Financial Services E-Note - July 2014
In This Issue: - New Rule Will Require Banks to Provision for Bad Loans Earlier - Four Years After Dodd-Frank, Law Still Unfinished - Senate Panel to Review Borrowing of 'Too Big to Fail' Banks -...
View ArticleDodd-Frank News: October 2014: Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer...
In This Issue: - RECENT CASES .. Mortgage Servicing Rules .. Antiretaliation Provision ..Credit Default Swaps Antitrust Litigation ..CFPB Involvement in Litigation - IN THE NEWS ..CFPB Updates...
View ArticleBanking & Financial Services E-Note - October 2014
In This Issue: - Obama Issues Order to Improve Data Security - Fed Official Calls for U.S. to Stop Bailing Out Banks - Global Regulators Crack Down on Shadow Banking to Curb Risks - CFPB Reports...
View ArticleBanking & Financial Services E-Note - February 2015
In This Issue - - Coquina Investments v. TD Bank: Examining a Non-Party’s Invocation of the Fifth Amendment - SideBAR - Dodd-Frank Act Update Financial Fraud Law Report - Post-Crawford FDCPA Claim...
View ArticleDodd-Frank News: April 2015: Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer...
The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act was enacted as a measure to promote financial stability and protection for consumers through increased regulation of nearly every aspect of...
View ArticleCourt of Appeals Holds Plaintiff Stated Claim for Void Mortgage Based on...
In Etta Lowery v. Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, No. 2131060, 2015 WL 1525153 (Ala. Civ. App. Apr. 3, 2015), the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals reversed the trial court’s judgment on the pleadings entered...
View ArticleBanking & Financial Services E-Note - April 2015
In This Issue: - Insuring Against Data Breaches - Plaintiff in Foreclosure Action Snared by Evidence of Damages, Attorneys' Fees & Costs - Dodd-Frank Act Update April 2015 Edition - Bond Financing:...
View ArticleAlabama Legislature Amends Redemption Statute
The Alabama Legislature recently amended sections 6-5-248, 6-5-252, and 8-1-172 of the Alabama Code, which govern redemption in the State of Alabama. Prior to the amendments, the redemption period for...
View ArticleDodd-Frank News: June 2015: Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer...
The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act was enacted as a measure to promote financial stability and protection for consumers through increased regulation of nearly every aspect of...
View ArticleCourt Holds Good Faith Belief of Consent is Complete Defense to TCPA Claim
In Danehy v. Time Warner Cable Enterprise LLC, No. 5:14-cv-133, 2015 WL 5534285 (E.D.N.C. Sep. 18, 2015), the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina held that a...
View ArticleDodd-Frank News: November 2015: Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer...
The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act was enacted as a measure to promote financial stability and protection for consumers through increased regulation of nearly every aspect of...
View ArticleBanking & Financial Services E-Note - November 2015
In an article published on November 5, 2015 by Law360, Nick Agnello provides insight on a recent landmark decision by the Eleventh Circuit, and how it is creating a body of case law empowering local...
View ArticleDodd-Frank News: January 2016: Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer...
The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act was enacted as a measure to promote financial stability and protection for consumers through increased regulation of nearly every aspect of...
View ArticleBanking & Financial Services E-Note - January 2016
In Deutsche Bank Nat’l Trust Co. v. Estrella Perez, et al., No. 3D15-58, 2015 WL 8347002 (Fla. 3d DCA Dec. 9, 2015), Florida’s Third District Court of Appeal held that the trial court erred in...
View ArticleBanking & Financial Services E-Note - April 2016
In March 2016, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit ruled that a landlord may be liable to a debtor’s bankruptcy estate for the value of a lease the debtor terminated early, holding the...
View ArticleBanking & Financial Services E-Note - October 2016
Burr & Forman lawyers won a significant victory in the Eleventh Circuit earlier this month. In the case In re: David A. Failla, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit affirmed that a...
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