Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: The Cantero Opinion: The Supreme Court Leaves National Bank Preemption in Limbo
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: Interest Rate Exportation Under Attack Part II
In That Case: Cantero v. Bank of America
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: Interest Rate Exportation Under Attack Part I
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: The U.S. Supreme Court’s Pending Ruling on National Bank Preemption: A Discussion of Cantero v. Bank of America, N.A.
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: What the Recent Developments in Federal Preemption for National and State Banks Mean for Bank and Nonbank Consumer Financial Services Providers
As we reported in June, the Supreme Court handed down a decision in Cantero v. Bank of America on bank pre-emption matters that remanded cases decided by three different Circuit Courts, finding that the courts did not apply...more
On May 30, the Supreme Court issued its opinion in Cantero v. Bank of America, reversing and remanding the case to the Second Circuit. Rather than articulating a bright line test for preemption, the Supreme Court instructed...more
On August 27, we blogged about the Ninth Circuit unpublished panel opinion in Kivett v. Flagstar Bank issued upon remand of the case from the Supreme Court with instructions to follow the guidance of the Supreme Court...more
In a surprising quick turn of events, on remand from SCOTUS, the 9th Circuit, on August 23, 2024, issued its unanimous unpublished panel opinion in Kivett v. Flagstar Bank, FSB (Kivett II) in which it essentially re-affirmed...more
On August 15, 2024, the Illinois Bankers Association, American Bankers Association, America’s Credit Unions, and Illinois Credit Union League filed a complaint for declaratory and injunctive relief against the Illinois...more
Very soon, briefing by the parties in the 10th Circuit will commence with respect to Colorado’s appeal of a preliminary injunction entered by the Federal District Court for the District of Colorado. The District Court...more
We are following very closely this appeal to the 10th Circuit of the preliminary injunction issued by the Federal District Court for the District of Colorado to the plaintiffs (three trade groups) enjoining the Colorado...more
On July 19, we blogged about comments Acting Comptroller Hsu made before the Exchequer Club on July 17 particularly his decision to review prior OCC preemption determinations in light of the Supreme Court’s recent opinion in...more
On July 17, Acting Comptroller of the Currency Michael Hsu delivered prepared remarks before the Exchequer Club entitled “Size, Complexity, and Polarization in Banking.”...more
The 1978 landmark opinion in Marquette National Bank v. First of Omaha Service Corp held that under the National Bank Act, a national bank has the right to export the interest rate authorized by the state where the bank is...more
In the Public Interest is excited to present its second annual miniseries examining notable decisions recently issued by the US Supreme Court. In this episode, co-host Michael Dawson is joined by WilmerHale Senior Counsel...more
On May 30, 2024, the Supreme Court reversed the Second Circuit’s holding that New York General Obligation Law § 5–601, which mandates banks to pay borrowers the interest accumulated on a balance held in an escrow account for...more
On May 30, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously decided Cantero, reaffirming and elaborating on the Barnett Bank preemption standard, and remanding the case to the Second Circuit for further proceedings. Cantero addressed...more
The Colorado federal district court hearing NAIB, et al v. Weiser, et al., the lawsuit filed by three consumer financial services industry trade groups challenging Colorado’s opt-out legislation, has granted the plaintiffs’...more
On June 10, 2024, the Supreme Court granted the petition for a writ of certiorari and issued a summary disposition in Flagstar Bank, N.A. v. Kivett. The Supreme Court vacated the judgment and remanded the case to the Ninth...more
On May 30th, an unanimous Supreme Court ruled that the Second Circuit needed to take another shot at evaluating whether Bank of America, a national bank, can pre-empt a New York state law requiring the payment of interest on...more
On May 30, 2024, in a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court reversed Cantero v. Bank of America, N.A., and remanded it back to the Second Circuit and instructed the appellate court to analyze whether New York’s law requiring...more
On May 30, the U.S. Supreme Court vacated and remanded for further proceedings a 2022 decision by the Second Circuit that held that the National Bank Act preempted a New York state law requiring the payment of interest on...more
In a unanimous decision, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected a more bright-line standard for determining whether the National Bank Act (NBA) preempts a state law. Rather, the Supreme Court explained that the NBA preemption...more
Once again, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down three decisions on a Thursday, each of them substantively important to the individuals involved, but all of them essentially involving the Supreme Court’s instructing lower...more
The industry group plaintiffs in NAIB et al. v. Weiser et al., the lawsuit challenging Colorado’s opt-out legislation, have filed their reply to the brief filed by the Colorado Attorney General and Colorado Uniform Consumer...more
On February 27, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument in Cantero v. Bank of America, N.A., a case involving the effect of the Dodd-Frank Act on the scope of preemption under the National Bank Act (NBA). The...more
As expected, the Colorado Attorney General and Colorado Uniform Consumer Credit Code Administrator filed their responsive brief in opposition to the plaintiffs’ motion for preliminary injunction filed earlier this month in...more