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The Fair Housing Act, Disparate Impact Claims, and Magner v. Gallagher
by Jeffrey Naimon
55 minute read | February.01.2012
The authors discuss the text of the Fair Housing Act, its legislative history, and the past federal appellate court decisions holding that the FHA ...
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State Attorneys General Are the New Bank Regulators
by Jeremiah Buckley
2 minute read | February.01.2012
Spurred by the financial crisis and its impact on their constituents, state attorneys general appear to be carving out a new role as de facto bank ...
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The CFPB's Early Warning Notice: The Devil's in the Details
by Lauren Randell
9 minute read | January.30.2012
Lauren Randell of Orrick says the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's release of details regarding its early-warning notice is a welcome ...
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Regulators Drop the Ball on CRA's Original Purpose
by Warren Traiger
3 minute read | December.28.2011
Federal regulators seem to be of two minds about the Community Reinvestment Act, a law with an explicit and limited congressional purpose of ...
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Bond Basics for Library Districts and Other Municipal Libraries in New York State
by Douglas E. Goodfriend and Thomas Myers
December.12.2011
Public Libraries and Public Library Districts in New York State are generally without authority in current law to directly issue indebtedness in ...
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Fair Lending Class Actions Following Wal-Mart v. Dukes
by Elizabeth McGinn
15 minute read | November.30.2011
Nearly six months ago, in Wal-Mart v. Dukes, the U.S. Supreme Court vacated certification of a class of roughly 1.5 million current and former female ...
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Bond Basics for Fire Districts in New York State
by Thomas Myers and Douglas E. Goodfriend
November.16.2011
The borrowing of money for various governmental purposes of a Fire District in New York State (the “State”) is governed predominately by the State ...
