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Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

District court grants bank’s motion for stay pending appeal to consider EFTA arguments

On April 22, the U.S. SDNY granted a bank’s motion for interlocutory appeal and stay pending appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in a case involving alleged violations of the EFTA. The case stemmed from...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

CFPB Reverses Course, Withdrawing “Unprecedented” EFTA Interpretation

Following a brief pause under new leadership, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has resumed activities, albeit significantly in retreat from the positions taken by the prior administration. In a case involving...more

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CFPB Recounts Statement of Interest About EFTA’s Applicability to Wire Transfers

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On Tuesday, March 25, 2025, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) filed a motion in a suit brought by the New York attorney general against a major national bank seeking to withdraw a Statement of Interest...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Important Tips When Establishing New Bank Accounts and Updating Wire Transfer Information

With the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation’s (FDIC) takeover of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), we expect a number of entities to begin establishing new bank accounts and updating wire transfer information. This creates...more

Vinson & Elkins LLP

Second Circuit Determines Agent’s Mistaken Payment of Principal to Lenders Does Not Invoke “Discharge-For-Value” Exception to...

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On September 8, 2022, a three-judge panel in the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (the “Second Circuit”) reversed the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (the “District...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

The Windfall Wire: Second Circuit panel says Citibank may recover nearly $500 million in inadvertently wired funds

​​​​​​​Citibank’s balance sheet is likely breathing a sigh of relief. A Second Circuit panel held that the bank may finally recoup nearly $500 million in funds that it inadvertently wired to lenders almost two years ago. US...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

The billion dollar bewail: Citibank cannot recover $900 million inadvertently wired to lenders

In what most will find a shocking and unjust ruling, on February 16, 2021, Judge Furman of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York ruled in In re Citibank August 11, 2020 Wire Transfers that...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Panama Papers Fallout: A Push for Transparency and Regulatory Reform - Sanctions Also Levied Against Several Panama-Based...

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In the wake of the "Panama Papers" – the unprecedented leak of 11.5 million files from a Panamanian law firm that revealed thousands of names and addresses linked to offshore companies – the White House has announced several...more

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