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Civil Remedies › Civil Rights › Finance & Banking

Read Civil Remedies updates, alerts, news, and legal analysis from leading lawyers and law firms:

News & Analysis as of May 19, 2013

Harney Westwood & Riegels

Cyprus: To Litigate or Not to Litigate?

by Pavlos Aristodemou | Harney Westwood & Riegels on 4/17/2013

Harneys’ Cyprus Banking Group is closely monitoring a legal challenge to the bail-out legislation which is currently before the Cyprus courts....more

Varnum LLP

Michigan ATMs Hit With Class Action Lawsuits Alleging Non-Compliance With ADA Requirements

by Ronald DeWaard, Brion Doyle | Varnum LLP on 3/8/2013

The first ATM accessibility class-action lawsuits under the Americans with Disabilities Act ("ADA") were filed in federal district court in Michigan earlier this month. The class-action lawsuits request a permanent...more

White & Case LLP

Raising the Bar: HUD Issues New Rule Imposing More Demanding Standard for Defending Against Discrimination Claims Under the Fair...

by Bryan Merryman, Owen Pell, Gregory Starner, Duane D. Wall | White & Case LLP on 3/7/2013

The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) recently issued a new rule to formalize a national standard for determining whether a housing practice violates the Fair Housing Act (FHA) as the result of a...more

Lawyers.com

Texas Bank Settles Hispanic Discrimination Suit

by Michele Bowman | Lawyers.com on 2/27/2013

The Department of Justice on Feb. 19 announced that Texas Champion Bank has agreed to pay $700,000 to settle allegations that it discriminated against Hispanics who applied for loans with the bank....more

Ballard Spahr LLP

DOJ Settles Another ‘Pattern or Practice’ Fair Lending Case

by Richard J. Andreano, Jr., John L. Culhane, Jr., Alan S. Kaplinsky, Christopher J. Willis | Ballard Spahr LLP on 2/21/2013

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) recently settled a fair lending lawsuit against Texas Champion Bank. This means that, once again, a DOJ attempt to use disparate impact evidence to establish that a lender engaged in a...more

Lawyers.com

PNC Settles Maternity Leave Mortgage Suit

by Michele Bowman | Lawyers.com on 2/19/2013

PNC settled a lawsuit this month over its refusal of a mortgage loan to a Connecticut couple because the wife was on maternity leave. As part of the settlement, the bank must review the last two years’ worth of mortgage...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Justice Department Settles ADA Claims against Debt Collector

by John L. Culhane, Jr., Mark J. Furletti, Alan S. Kaplinsky, Jeremy T. Rosenblum, Christopher J. Willis | Ballard Spahr LLP on 1/8/2013

A recent Department of Justice settlement with a debt collection law firm that was accused of violating the Americans with Disabilities Act exemplifies the mounting federal scrutiny of the debt collection industry....more

Jonathan Foxx

CFPB: Mortgage Originator Violations

by Jonathan Foxx on 11/7/2012

Yesterday, I outlined for you the features of the CFPB's requisites of a Compliance Management System (CMS). My observations were based on the CFPB's newsletter, entitled Supervisory Highlights: Fall 2012, an issuance to the...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

DOJ Settles 'Pattern or Practice' Fair Lending Case

by Ballard Spahr LLP on 8/30/2012

The Department of Justice's "pattern or practice" fair lending lawsuit against GFI Mortgage Bankers, Inc., has resulted in a settlement that requires GFI to pay a total of $3.555 million, consisting of $3.5 million in...more

Cox Smith

Is your ATM a Lawsuit Risk? First Suits Filed Over ADA Compliance

by Cox Smith on 7/10/2012

Originally published on Independent Bankers Association of Texas (http://www.ibat.org/news/2012/07/02/is-your-atm-a-lawsuit-risk) - July 2, 2012. You may have missed it last week. Not long after it issued its opinion...more

Duane Morris LLP

Superior Court of New Jersey Slashes Attorneys' Fees in Class Action Settlement

by Duane Morris LLP on 6/21/2012

In Storch v. Five Guys Enterprises, LLC and FG Madison, LLC, the New Jersey Superior Court found that counsel fees of $50,000 plus approximately $500 in costs were fair and reasonable under the applicable standards as applied...more

K&L Gates LLP

K&L Gates Files Federal Pro Bono Action to Challenge Foreclosure Rescue Scheme

by K&L Gates LLP on 3/8/2012

On March 6, 2012, K&L Gates LLP filed a federal lawsuit challenging an allegedly discriminatory and otherwise unlawful foreclosure rescue scam targeted to Hispanic homeowners in Northern Virginia. The National and Washington...more

Proskauer Rose LLP

The ERISA Litigation Newsletter -- January 2012

by Proskauer Rose LLP on 1/19/2012

IN THIS ISSUE: - Editor's Overview - 2011 -- The Year in Review: Last Year's Most Significant ERISA - Litigation Opinions and What They Foreshadow for 2012 - Second Circuit's Recent ERISA Statute...more

Charles E. Rounds, Jr.

Proponents of Extracting Slavery Reparations From Private Interests Must Contend with Equity's Maxims

by Charles E. Rounds, Jr. on 8/3/2011

Charles E. Rounds, Jr., Proponents of Extracting Slavery Reparations From Private Interests Must Contend with Equity’s Maxims, 42 U. Tol. L. Rev. 673 (2011): That the national conversation on slavery reparations has been, and...more

Benjamin Saul

DOJ Settlement May Signal Expanded Liability and Aggressive Enforcement

by Benjamin Saul on 2/1/2011

This article, which appeared in the ABA's Section of Litigation, Consumer & Civil Rights Newsletter, discusses the Department of Justice's 2010 settlement with two subsidiaries of American International Group (AIG), resolving...more

Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP

Summary Judgment Granted for Defendant in Certified Deferred Annuity Class Action

by Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP on 10/8/2010

In a substantial victory for deferred annuity issuers, Judge Claudia Wilken of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California on October 6, 2010, granted Defendant's motion for summary judgment in Kennedy...more

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