In a significant victory for property owners in Pignetti v. Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT), the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania has relaxed the standard for establishing that two noncontiguous parcels of land…
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/ Constitutional Law, Real Estate - Commercial, Transportation, Zoning, Planning & Land Use
The two Democratic NCUA board members ousted by President Trump have filed suit, arguing that their firings violated federal law…
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/ Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Consumer Protection, Elections & Politics, Finance & Banking
The Government Accountability Office has agreed to investigate recent CFPB moves to fire more than 1,400 employees and the impact it and other agency actions have had on the bureau’s ability to operate…
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/ Administrative Law, Consumer Protection, Elections & Politics, Finance & Banking
The podcast we are releasing today is part 2 of a re-purposed webinar we produced on March 25 titled “The Impact of the Election on the CFPB - Part 4.” As a result of the diminishing impact of the CFPB on enforcing the consumer…
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/ Consumer Protection, Finance & Banking
The U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia has upheld a temporary injunction issued by Judge Amy Berman Jackson of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia prohibiting the CFPB from firing more…
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/ Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Consumer Protection, Elections & Politics, Finance & Banking
Recently, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) issued Mortgagee Letter 2025-13 to revise the exclusive listing period for certain parties in connection with HUD real estate owned (REO) properties, and…
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/ Administrative Law, Consumer Protection, Finance & Banking, Real Estate - Residential
This episode is part of our “Bridging Campuses: Legal Insights on Education Industry Consolidation” series, where we discuss trends in higher education consolidation and closures, and outline common characteristics of at-risk…
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/ Education Law, Mergers & Acquisitions, Privacy, Science, Computers, & Technology
In March, we wrote about the Department of Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issuing a Geographic Targeting Order (GTO) aimed to combat Mexican-based drug cartels. The GTO signals Treasury’s efforts to…
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/ Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Finance & Banking
New York Attorney General Letitia James has sued payday lenders MoneyLion Inc. and DailyPay Inc. in New York state court, alleging that the two companies took advantage of tens of thousands of New Yorkers…
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/ Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Consumer Protection, Finance & Banking, Labor & Employment Law
As previously reported, last year the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) launched a Veterans Affairs Servicing Purchase (VASP) program, which VA characterized as a “last-resort tool” for VA home loan borrowers facing…
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/ Administrative Law, Consumer Protection, Finance & Banking, Military Law, Real Estate - Residential
The OCC has removed “reputational risk” from its handbooks and guidance and the FDIC is moving to do the same…
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/ Administrative Law, Consumer Protection, Finance & Banking
Colorado is addressing a dearth of middle-income housing on multiple fronts, while other states are also realizing and responding to the need for more affordable housing for workforce families and individuals…
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/ Finance & Banking, Nonprofit Law, Real Estate - Residential, Taxation
The podcast we are releasing today is part 1 of a re-purposed webinar we produced on March 25 titled “The Impact of the Election on the CFPB - Part 4.” As a result of the diminishing impact of the CFPB on enforcing the consumer…
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/ Finance & Banking, Consumer Protection
In January 2025 the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) issued Mortgagee Letter 2025-06 revising servicing and claims requirements and loss mitigation options for FHA insured mortgage loans effective February…
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/ Administrative Law, Consumer Protection, Finance & Banking, Real Estate - Residential
It appears that the flood gates have opened and that the IRS is finally processing and paying claims for the employee retention credit (ERC) en masse. After waiting a very long time (often years) with no contact from the IRS,…
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/ Administrative Law, Labor & Employment Law, Taxation
