The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) have successfully defended their respective valid-when-made rules. On February 8, 2022, Judge Jeffry S. White, U.S....more
Recently, seven states (New York, California, Colorado, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Minnesota, and North Carolina) and the District of Columbia filed suit in the Southern District of New York against the Office of the...more
In 2015, the Second Circuit’s decision in Madden v. Midland Funding, LLC, raised doubts about whether banks could transfer, sell, or assign their interests in consumer debt without triggering the enforcement of state usury...more
The Second Circuit’s decision in Madden v. Midland Funding, LLC was announced in 2015. Since that time, there have been a number of cases brought based on the Second Circuit opinion, as well as recent regulatory proposals...more
3/10/2020
/ Capital One ,
Chase Bank ,
Commercial Bankruptcy ,
Consumer Bankruptcy ,
Consumer Financial Products ,
Consumer Lenders ,
Credit Cards ,
FDIC ,
Financial Services Industry ,
FinTech ,
Interest Rates ,
Madden v Midland Funding ,
Motion to Dismiss ,
National Bank Charters ,
Online Marketplace Lending ,
Preemption ,
Putative Class Actions ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Rulemaking Process ,
Securitization ,
Usury
On September 25, the Acting Comptroller of the Currency and leading participants in the online lending industry gathered in Washington, D.C. at the second annual Online Lending Policy Institute (OLPI) Online Lending Policy...more
In the last two weeks, WebBank and Cross River Bank—federally insured banks chartered in Utah and New Jersey, respectively—filed separate federal court actions (WebBank Complaint; Cross River Bank Complaint) against the...more
After the U.S. Supreme Court refused to grant review of the Second Circuit's May 2015 decision in Madden v. Midland concerning federal preemption of state usury rates for loans issued by a national bank, the case was remanded...more
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
2/1/2017
/ Arbitration ,
Arbitration Agreements ,
Banking Sector ,
Banks ,
Consumer Lenders ,
Financial Institutions ,
FinTech ,
Interest Rates ,
Lenders ,
Lending Club ,
Loans ,
Madden v Midland Funding ,
Motion to Compel ,
Online Marketplace Lending ,
Preemption ,
Putative Class Actions ,
RICO ,
Usury
Chief Deputy Whip Patrick McHenry (R, NC-10), the Vice Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, introduced H.R. 5724, the Protecting Consumers’ Access to Credit Act of 2016, which would reaffirm the longstanding...more
The Supreme Court today denied certiorari in Midland Funding v. Madden. Although the denial leaves the Second Circuit's May 2015 decision in place, it does not signal the Supreme Court's view of the correctness of that ruling...more
6/27/2016
/ Banking Sector ,
Certiorari ,
Choice-of-Law ,
Debt Buyers ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Interest Rates ,
Madden v Midland Funding ,
Online Marketplace Lending ,
SCOTUS ,
Usury ,
Valid When Made Doctrine
As we reported in our case update on May 26, the Solicitor General filed its brief expressing the Government’s views on the cert-worthiness of Midland Funding v. Madden. Yesterday, Midland filed a supplemental brief with the...more
In response to a request of the U.S. Supreme Court (discussed here), the U.S. Solicitor General’s Office on Tuesday filed a brief with the Court expressing the U.S. Government’s views on the merits of the claims brought in...more
5/26/2016
/ Banking Sector ,
Consumer Lenders ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Madden v Midland Funding ,
National Bank Act ,
OCC ,
Online Marketplace Lending ,
Preemption ,
SCOTUS ,
Solicitor General ,
Usury
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday issued an order inviting the Solicitor General to provide the views of the United States on whether the Court should grant Midland Funding’s petition seeking review. As discussed in greater...more
As expected, today, November 10, 2015, Midland Funding filed a petition for a writ of certiorari in the United States Supreme Court, asking the Court to review the Second Circuit’s ruling in Madden v. Midland Funding, that...more