Antitrust & Trade Regulation

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News & Analysis as of May 24, 2013

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

McCarn v. HSBC USA, Inc.: A Federal Court Dismisses a Plaintiff's Attempt to Apply Antitrust-Conspiracy Principles to a Consumer...

by Sara Aliabadi, Christopher A. Reese | Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis LLP on 12/29/2012

On November 13, 2012, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California, in McCarn v. HSBC USA, Inc., 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 162257, issued an important decision rejecting as inadequate a plaintiff’s attempt to...more

Ninth Circuit Finds That New Home Buyer Plaintiffs Fail To Satisfy Per Se Tying Element That Amount Of Commerce Not Be...

by Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 9/3/2009

"Zero Foreclosure" Is Less Than "Di Minimus." Buyers of newly constructed homes in the Boise, Idaho, area filed a federal antitrust class action, alleging that realtors representing owners of undeveloped property tied the...more