Weekly Brief: BoA Sued; SCOTUS Shortlists; Fund Fights Argentina
In the News. Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) published its proxy voting guidelines updates for 2021, which include new and updated voting recommendations on federal forum and exclusive forum provisions in companies’...more
The new 116th Congress convened on January 3, 2019, with members of Congress sworn into office. Although the first month was consumed by the partial government shutdown, Congressional committee assignments were finalized, and...more
Financial Services Update - FCRA / Standing: concluding that plaintiffs had Article III standing in putative class action where they alleged that defendant violated the FCRA by "compiling their personal, private, and...more
The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held that Fannie Mae is not a “consumer reporting agency” under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (“FCRA”). Accordingly, Fannie Mae was not liable to borrowers for alleged...more
When Robbie Robertson wrote the well-known lyrics to The Band’s song “The Weight,” the “Fannie” referenced in the chorus was certainly not Fannie Mae (the Federal National Mortgage Association.) However, this week the United...more
In Shaw v. Experian Information Solutions, Inc., No. 16-56587, 2018 WL 2424105 (9th Cir. May 29, 2018), the Ninth Circuit affirmed summary judgment on FCRA class claims against Experian based on a subscriber’s erroneous use...more
Editor's Note - Friend the Fed! As is the case every August, our federal government and regulators are hard at work, laser focused on the important issues of the day. In this regard, on August 18, the Federal Reserve...more
A borrower recently filed a putative class action against Fannie Mae under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) in federal court in Washington, D.C., alleging that Fannie engaged in unauthorized inquiries into borrowers'...more
Regulatory Developments - CFPB Announces Steps to Improve Checking Account Access - On Feb. 3, the CFPB announced that it was taking three steps to expand checking account access to the approximately 10 million...more