EDITOR’S NOTE -
In like a lion, out like a lamb—it works for weather; does it work for new administrations? We’ll have to wait and see. We’ll have to wait and see about the length of CFPB Director Richard Cordray’s...more
3/20/2017
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NIST ,
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Shaw v United States ,
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True Lender
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