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Discrimination is prejudicial treatment related to (or inappropriate consideration of) an individual's actual or perceived membership in a particular class, group or category, such as an individual's... more +

Massachusetts Attorney General Settles with Student Loan Lender for Unlawful Practices Related to the Use of AI

Goodwin on 7/14/2025

This Thursday, July 10, Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell announced a $2.5 million settlement with a company that offers education financing products based in Delaware. ...more

CFPB Bites of the Month - 2024 Annual Review - Nondiscrimination and Military Protection Law

Hudson Cook, LLP on 1/22/2025

In this article, we share a timeline of our monthly "bites" for 2024 applicable to consumers protected by nondiscrimination and military protection laws. 2025 will likely bring more of the same, particularly in the area of...more

Federal Regulators Remain Focused on AI-based Discrimination

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 5/2/2023

On April 25, the CFPB, FTC, EEOC, and Civil Rights Division of the DOJ issued a joint statement outlining the agencies’ collective commitment to monitor the development and use of automated systems and artificial intelligence...more

Federal Agencies Focused on Discriminatory Home Valuation Practices

Moore & Van Allen PLLC on 3/30/2022

Late last year, news services reported on the results of the efforts of a black couple living in Northern California to challenge what they believed was an initial, discriminatory low-ball appraisal of their home. To test...more

DOJ Settles With Minnesota Bank Over Redlining Allegations

Goodwin on 5/10/2018

On May 8, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced that it had reached a voluntary settlement with a family-owned Minnesota bank, resolving allegations that the bank had violated the Fair Housing Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 3601 et...more

DOJ Issues Annual Report To Congress On 2016 ECOA/FHA/SCRA Enforcement Activities

Ballard Spahr LLP on 9/28/2017

The Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division has issued its annual report to Congress regarding its activities to enforce the ECOA, FHA and SCRA. The report covers 2016 activities that would have taken place under the...more

Community banks trade group asks Trump Administration to curb fair lending enforcement

Ballard Spahr LLP on 1/31/2017

The Independent Community Bankers of America issued a statement calling on the Trump administration “to rein in the overzealous application of fair lending laws.” ICBA stated that community banks are threatened by a recent...more

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