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News & Analysis as of May 21, 2013

S&C's Cohen: Brown-Vitter Punishes Banks For Being Big [Video]

by Bloomberg Law on 5/3/2013

May 3 (Bloomberg Law) -- Rodge Cohen, partner at Sullivan & Cromwell who represents the nation's largest banks, talks with Bloomberg Law's Lee Pacchia about the concept of Too Big To Fail and a recent proposal from Senators...more

Mortgage Banking Update - March 08, 2013

by Richard J. Andreano, Jr., Sharon Wilson Geno, Amy Glassman, Barbara S. Mishkin, Nydia Pouyes, Matthew Saunig, John D. Socknat, Michael S. Waldron | Ballard Spahr LLP on 3/8/2013

In This Issue: - Kentucky County Clerks Cannot Sue MERS for Failure To Record Mortgage Assignments, Sixth Circuit Rules - Bipartisan Policy Center Proposes New Directions for National Housing Policy - FTC...more

S&P Seeks Declaration That Credit Ratings Are Immune From Liability

by Orrick - Structured Finance Group on 2/11/2013

On February 5, two Standard & Poor’s entities filed a declaratory judgment action in the Southern District of South Carolina seeking to bar the South Carolina Attorney General from suing S&P under South Carolina’s Unfair...more

Brick By Illinois Brick: Ninth Circuit Builds High Wall For Indirect Purchaser Suits

by Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 8/13/2012

The Ninth Circuit unanimously affirmed a grant of summary judgment for defendants in an antitrust suit involving alleged price-fixing of ATM fees, holding that the plaintiffs were indirect purchasers within the meaning of...more

ATM Users Lack Standing to Challenge Bank ATM Fees

by Howard Ullman on 7/18/2012

In In re: ATM Fee Antitrust Litigation, No. 10-17354 (9th Cir. July 12, 2012), the Ninth Circuit ruled that consumers (ATM cardholders) could not challenge ATM fees paid by ATM card issuing banks to the owner of the ATMs...more