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CFPB Revisits Adverse Action Notice Requirements When Using Artificial Intelligence or Complex Credit Models

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In May 2022, the CFPB issued Circular 2022-3 addressing Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA) adverse action notice requirements in connection with credit decisions based on algorithms. The CFPB is now revisiting the issue in...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

3rd Circuit: Card renewal notices not subject to TILA itemization requirements

On April 11, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit upheld the dismissal of a putative class action suit claiming a national bank’s failure to itemize fees in its credit card renewal notices violated TILA and...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

CFPB Affirms Compliance with ECOA Adverse Action Notice Requirements

On May 26, the CFPB published a circular affirming that federal anti-discrimination laws require companies to explain to consumers the specific reason a credit application was denied, even if the creditor is relying on...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

You Have to Follow the Rules: The Importance of Adhering to Bankruptcy Rule 2002 When Serving Claims Bar Date Notices

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A Delaware bankruptcy court recently held that the bar date for filing proofs of claim cannot be enforced against a creditor if the notice of the bar date was not sent by mail to that creditor. In re Cyber Litigation Inc.,...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Commercial Division Holds Corporate Directors May Be Individually Liable When Informally Dissolved Company Forgoes Notice to...

In Morse v. LoveLive TV US, Inc., a recent decision by Justice Robert R. Reed of the New York County Commercial Division, the Court denied a defendant’s motion to dismiss, holding that where it is impossible or futile to...more

Farrell Fritz, P.C.

“Informal Dissolution” and Individual Liability

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Section 1007 of the Business Corporation Law (the “BCL”) has a procedure for dissolved corporations to publish “notice requiring all creditors and claimants . . . to present their claims in writing and in detail at a...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

Advancing Agriculture: Security Interests and Article 9 Challenges (Part 2)

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In the second installment of this two-part series, Husch Blackwell's Elizabeth Benefield & Stephanie Kaiser will discuss security interests in agricultural lending and some of the issues a creditor may face in these areas....more

Tucker Arensberg, P.C.

Informal but Actual Notice of Bankruptcy: What Difference Does It Make?

On January 3, 2021, in In re Ditech Holding Corporation, Case No. 19-10412 (JLG), an unpublished opinion, Bankruptcy Judge James L. Garrity, Jr., discussed an important distinction for creditors of a non-individual chapter 11...more

Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP

Received a Bankruptcy Notice During the Pandemic? Don’t Delay

Creditors risk losing important rights in bankruptcy cases if deadlines are not met. Unfortunately, sometimes the existence or relevance of a deadline is not obvious to a creditor. Indeed, bankruptcy notices can be...more

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Consumer Law Hinsights – April 2020

Welcome to Consumer Law Hinsights?a monthly compilation of nationwide consumer protection cases of interest to financial services and accounts receivable management companies. This edition highlights our interactive COVID-19...more

Proskauer Rose LLP

Growth in Fund Finance Market Leads to Increased Financing Options: Focus on Co-Investment Credit Facilities

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The fund finance market has continued to grow at a fast pace in recent years. Increased demand by fund sponsors for fund-related financings has led to a large influx of new lenders. In trying to maintain or gain market share,...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Ninth Circuit: No Consolidation Absent Notice to Creditors of Non-Debtors

In In re Mihranian, 2019 WL 4252115 (9th Cir. 2019), the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held, as a matter of first impression, that a party moving for substantive consolidation of the debtor's bankruptcy estate with the...more

Hudson Cook, LLP

New(ish) Technology and the CFPB's Proposed Debt Collection Rule

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On May 7, 2019, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ("CFPB" or the Bureau") released its Fair Debt Collection Practices Act ("FDCPA") Notice of Proposed Rulemaking ("Proposals") and Request for Public Comment. The Bureau...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Failing to Satisfy a Pre-Suit Notice Requirement in a Consumer Lawsuit May Not be Fatal to the Consumer’s Claims

In our last article, we discussed the pre-suit notice requirements in the West Virginia Consumer Credit and Protection Act, one of the primary consumer protection statutes under which plaintiffs bring claims related to...more

Carlton Fields

Real Property, Financial Services, & Title Insurance Update: Week Ending April 26, 2019

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Real Property Update - • Foreclosure / Reverse Mortgage / Condition Precedent: bank failed to establish that the subject property was not the principal residence of surviving co-borrower under its reverse mortgage, a...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Due Process in Chapter 15: Industry-Dependent, Jurisdiction-Dependent, or Both?

In a recent cross-border insolvency case, Judge Glenn of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York recognized an insurance company rehabilitation proceeding in Curaçao as a “foreign main...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

What Bank Litigators Want Banks to Know About the State of Consumer Protection Litigation in W.Va.

For decades, consumer protection has led to copious amounts of litigation in West Virginia. In the past several years, the types of lawsuits filed under the debt collection provisions of the West Virginia Consumer Credit and...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Eighth Circuit rejects foreseeability test for notice to unknown creditors

In Dahlin v. Lyondell Chemical Co., 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 1956 (8th Cir. Jan. 26, 2018), the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals rejected an argument that bankruptcy debtors were required by due process to provide more prominent...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Creditors Beware: Inbound Bankruptcy Rule Changes Require Heightened Awareness

On December 1, 2017, several important changes to the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure will be implemented. Those changes will impact creditors who have secured claims, judgment liens, and unsecured claims against...more

Ward and Smith, P.A.

North Carolina Supreme Court Holds That Liberal Standard of Notice Pleading Applies to Judicial Foreclosure Actions

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In an important decision for creditors, the North Carolina Supreme Court recently clarified the distinction between judicial foreclosure and non-judicial foreclosure by power of sale. In U.S. Bank v. Pinkney, the Supreme...more

Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP

Can a Receiver be Sued for Not Paying a Pre-Receiver Creditor?

Question: I am the Receiver for a condo project. A pre-receivership creditor has threatened to sue me because I won’t pay for the services he provided the defendant. I have explained to the creditor that the receivership is...more

Dechert LLP

Substantive Consolidation of Non-Debtors-Standing and Notice Issues

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U.S. courts generally agree that the substantive consolidation should be applied sparingly, and even more so when substantive consolidation of debtors with non-debtors is sought. While many opinions address the grounds for...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

TILA Notice Requirement Not Retroactive: Ninth Circuit

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals recently ruled that a 2009 amendment to the Truth in Lending Act (TILA) does not apply retroactively. In a putative class action, Plaintiffs Mohammad and Rosa Talaie brought a claim...more

McGuireWoods LLP

Recent Cases of Interest to Fiduciaries

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In re Estate of House, 2014 Wash. App. LEXIS 3006 (Wash. Ct. App. 2014) - A release waiving any and all claims that the parties may have or may acquire, bars recovery for unknown claims existing at the time the release...more

Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel, P.C.

How Do an Estate's Debts Get Paid?

An executor is the person responsible for managing the administration of a deceased person's estate. One of the executor's main jobs is to pay people or institutions to whom the estate owes money -- the estate's creditors....more

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