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Senate Begins Debate on Financial Reform Bill
The Senate, after spending last week engaged in procedural battles, will enter full scale debate this week on that chamber’s version of a financial reform package . This morning Congress Daily provided a brief preview…
SCOTUS Holds Mistake of Law No Defense to FDCPA Liability
Yesterday, the Supreme Court issued a decision in J erman v. Carlisle, McNellie, Rini, Kramer & Ulrich LPA (“ Jerman ”) (Docket 08-1200) that resolves a circuit split regarding the scope of the Fair Debt Collection…
DOJ Reaches Landmark Settlement of Claims Regarding Racial Discrimination in Mortgage Lending
Last month, two subsidiaries of American International Group (“AIG”) agreed to pay $7.1 million to settle claims by the United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”) that the companies unlawfully charged African American…
New Senate Financial Reform Bill Released
Today, Senate Banking Committee Chairman Chris Dodd (D-CT) released a revised financial regulatory reform bill, which would create the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection. The Bureau would be housed in the Federal…