[co-author: John Ropiequet]
The fair lending cases filed by Miami against four major mortgage lenders, reported in several previous Annual Surveys, came to a sudden, anticlimactic end when the city voluntarily dismissed...more
4/28/2021
/ Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Disparate Impact ,
Disparate Treatment ,
ECOA ,
Fair Housing Act (FHA) ,
Fair Lending ,
HUD ,
Mortgage Lenders ,
Mortgages ,
Proximate Cause ,
Wells Fargo
The Federal Trade Commission made a big splash in late May when it announced a whopping $1.5 million settlement with Liberty Chevrolet, d/b/a Bronx Honda, and its general manager, Carlo Fittanto. Bronx Honda and Fittanto were...more
The past year saw the lower courts wrestle with the aftermath of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Bank of America Corp. v. City of Miami that, like the Court’s previous ruling in Texas Department of Community Affairs v....more
6/18/2019
/ Bank of America v Miami ,
Banks ,
Burden of Proof ,
Causation ,
Discovery ,
Disparate Impact ,
Disparate Treatment ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Expert Testimony ,
Fair Housing Act (FHA) ,
Fair Lending ,
Fannie Mae ,
Foreclosure ,
HUD ,
Mortgage Lenders ,
Motion to Dismiss ,
Municipalities ,
Pleading Standards ,
Property Tax ,
Property Valuation ,
Proximate Cause ,
Public Comment ,
Remand ,
Texas Dept of Housing v Inclusive Communities