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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 +

HUD and OMB Effectively Disband the PAVE Task Force

Troutman Pepper Locke on 7/17/2025

On July 10, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) jointly announced the effective disbandment of the interagency Property Appraisal and Valuation Equity...more

Maryland Ramps Up Fair Housing Enforcement

Troutman Pepper Locke on 6/17/2025

Maryland Attorney General (AG) Anthony G. Brown recently announced three settlements with real estate and property management companies, resulting in more than $310,000 in combined civil penalties and restitution. Brown...more

Recent NJ Appellate Division Offers Guidance on Sexual Harassment of Non-Employees

Stark & Stark on 1/8/2024

The New Jersey Appellate Division issued a decision which sheds light on the issue of whether an employee’s sexual harassment of a third-party (non-employee) could subject the employer to liability under the New Jersey Law...more

Agencies Issue Proposed Interagency Guidance on Real Estate Appraisal Reconsiderations of Value

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP on 6/16/2023

Last week, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (“OCC”), Federal Reserve Board (“FRB”), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”), the National Credit Union Administration (“NCUA”), and the Consumer Financial...more

Federal Agencies Propose Reconsideration of Value Guidance

Ballard Spahr LLP on 6/9/2023

A group of federal agencies have proposed reconsideration of value (ROV) guidance for residential real estate valuations. The agencies are the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB),...more

Federal Regulators Urge The Appraisal Foundation to Revise Uniform Standards to Explicitly Prohibit Discrimination

Troutman Pepper Locke on 2/16/2023

On February 14, Patrice Ficklin, the Fair Lending Director for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), together with senior officials from the Federal Reserve Board, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Federal...more

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