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News & Analysis as of May 20, 2013

CFPB Announces Major Update To Consumer Complaint Database

by BuckleySandler LLP on 4/8/2013

On March 28, the CFPB released tens of thousands of consumer complaints related to mortgages, student loans, bank accounts and services, other consumer loans, and credit cards. Credit reporting complaints, will be released in...more

CFPB Digest – March 2013

by Suzanne Fay Garwood, Audra J. Heagney, Alexandra Megaris, Jonathan L. Pompan, Andrew D. Price, Jeffrey S. Tenenbaum | Venable LLP on 3/14/2013

In this issue: - What to Expect When You're Under a CFPB Investigation – Negotiating the Scope of the CID - CFPB Initiative to Promote Student Loan Payment Plans - Consumer Complaints Offer Insight into...more

CFPB’s ECOA disparate impact test finds support in HUD’s FHA “Discriminatory Effects” final rule

by Barbara S. Mishkin | Ballard Spahr LLP on 2/14/2013

In April 2102, the CFPB issued a bulletin to confirm that it plans to apply a disparate impact test in exercising its supervisory and enforcement authority under the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA) and Regulation B. The...more

Weekly Brief: Lawyers Laid Off After Foreclosure Settlement [Video]

by Bloomberg Law on 1/10/2013

Jan. 10 (Bloomberg Law) -- Bloomberg Law's Lee Pacchia runs through the legal news for the week. A major settlement between Fannie Mae and several large banks has resulted in many lawyers suddenly finding themselves...more

School Concurrency Impacts Residential Development in Miami-Dade County

by Akerman Senterfitt on 10/26/2012

With increased international investment, Miami-Dade County has seen a rebound in the real estate market, particularly with regard to residential projects in high-density areas in Miami's urban core and bayfront and beachfront...more

New Study Shows Declines in TIF Revenues

by Franczek Radelet P.C. on 7/20/2012

Tax Increment Financing (TIF) Districts throughout Illinois are experiencing declines in revenues as a consequence of the changes in the real estate market. TIF Districts operate by diverting a portion of property tax revenue...more

Massachusetts Enacts Law Prohibiting Discrimination Against Transgendered Individuals

by Foley Hoag LLP on 12/5/2011

Last week, Governor Deval Patrick signed into law “An Act Relative to Gender Identity,” also known as the Massachusetts Transgender Equal Rights Bill. This law, which will go into effect in July 2012, extends the state’s...more

Massachusetts Enacts Transgender Equal Rights Bill

by Ropes & Gray LLP on 11/29/2011

On November 23, 2011, Governor Patrick signed into law House Bill 3810, “An Act Relative To Gender Identity.” The new law protects transgender individuals from discrimination in housing, education, employment and credit by...more