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Continuing a Trend, Mississippi Supreme Court Refuses to Enforce Broadly Worded Arbitration Clause

Dollar General reported its employee Rebecca Keyes to the police for embezzlement, causing her to be arrested. Keyes later sued Dollar General under a number of legal theories, including malicious prosecution, false...more

The Mississippi Supreme Court Finds that Malicious Prosecution Claims Were “Not Contemplated” by Broadly Worded Arbitration Clause...

After a customer pawned a television that he had leased from Rent-A-Center, the manager swore out a criminal complaint for theft of rental property. When the State subsequently retired the charges without prosecution, the...more

CFPB Employs “Mystery Shoppers” to Investigate Allegations of Discrimination

With the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) now employing mystery shoppers, financial institutions must ensure that their branches are actually putting non-decimation policies into practice. As we reported here on...more

CFPB Announces $10.6M Settlement with Mississippi Bank over Redlining

In a case that demonstrates the scope of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (“CFPB’s”) reach, the CFPB and Department of Justice (“DOJ”) have entered into a settlement with BancorpSouth totaling almost $10,600,000...more

CFPB Files Enforcement Action Against Mississippi Payday Lender

The CFPB is showing that its enforcement actions are not limited to larger companies and that it will file actions in federal courts across the country. On May 11, 2016, it filed an enforcement action against Mississippi...more

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