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Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Bank Partnership Moves to Dismiss Class Action Asserting Violations of Georgia Rate Cap Law

On January 29, a Missouri-based bank and its Kansas-based fintech loan servicer filed a joint motion to dismiss a purported class action filed against them alleging violations of the Georgia Installment Loan Act (GILA) and...more

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Developments in Revenue Based Financing

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Introduction - On 22 September 2022, we published Growing Trend of Revenue Based Financing and its Legal Implications, which described revenue-based financing (RBF) and its growing popularity for use as an alternative...more

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Unlawful Debt Collection Claims - RICO Report Podcast

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Join Troutman Pepper White Collar and Litigation Partner Cal Stein for a special podcast series, examining the legal landscape surrounding the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO). In this installment,...more

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Third Circuit Upholds Pennsylvania Federal Court’s Finding That an Arbitration Agreement Is Unenforceable Where It Limits...

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In Williams v. Medley Opportunity Fund II, LP, plaintiffs Christine Williams and Michael Stermel obtained payday loans from American Web Loan, Inc. (AWL), an online entity owned by the Otoe-Missouria Tribe of Indians. The...more

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Third Circuit Concludes Arbitration Agreement Is Unenforceable Under the Prospective Waiver Doctrine

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The Third Circuit Court of Appeals has refused to enforce an arbitration agreement because it impermissibly limited claims to those available under tribal law at the expense of federal statutory claims. The court also...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Small business borrowers bring lawsuit alleging lender engaged in “rent-a-charter” scheme to make usurious loans

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A group of small businesses and their individual owners have filed a putative class action lawsuit in a New York federal district court against online lender Kabbage, Inc. that alleges Kabbage engaged in a “rent-a-charter”...more

White & Case LLP

Consumer financial services: The road ahead: Marketplace lending

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The CFPB has traditionally not prioritized marketplace lenders in its supervisory and enforcement efforts. As a result, state regulators have increasingly sought to fill any perceived voids left by the Bureau....more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

When is a Working Capital Agreement a Loan? It Depends on Your Claim

Suppose you’ve entered into a financial arrangement that resembles a lending agreement, but it is not formally designated as such, and you think you’re paying too much....more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Class Action Against Lending Club and WebBank Headed to Defeat

On Monday, a federal district court in the Southern District of New York granted a motion to compel arbitration in Bethune v. Lending Club Corporation, et al., a closely watched putative class action raising important issues...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Third Circuit: The Repossession of Your Car as Collateral on a Usurious Loan is Not an FDCPA Violation

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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit recently held that a repossession company did not violate the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (“FDCPA”) when it repossessed the defaulting debtor’s car, even though the loan...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

LendingClub Hit With Class Action Over Usurious Interest

A New York resident, Ronald Bethune, accused LendingClub Corporation of violating the state's usury laws by charging him 29.97 percent interest on his loan—roughly twice the 16 percent limit under New York law and high enough...more

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