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New Jersey Division on Civil Rights Issues Finding of Probable Cause Against Consumer Financial Services Company for...

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On March 11, New Jersey Attorney General (AG) Matthew Platkin and the New Jersey Division on Civil Rights (DCR) announced that DCR issued a finding of probable cause against Advance Funding Partners/Same Day Funding (Advance...more

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DOJ and bank settle allegations of discrimination in student loan refinancing

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On January 19, DOJ and a community bank entered into a consent order to resolve allegations of discriminatory lending practices under the ECOA. DOJ asserted the bank’s student loan refinance program engaged in practices that...more

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HUD Charges Appraiser, Appraisal Management Company, and Lender with Race Discrimination

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The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) recently charged multiple entities with housing discrimination based on an asserted biased appraisal and denial of a mortgage refinance loan application based on the...more

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Seventh Circuit Revives CFPB’s ECOA Action Alleging Discrimination Against Prospective Applicants Against Nonbank Lender

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On July 11, the Seventh Circuit held that the Equal Credit Opportunity Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1691 et seq. (ECOA) authorizes the imposition of liability for the discouragement of prospective applicants. See CFPB v. Townstone...more

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CFPB files brief with Seventh Circuit in appeal from district court ruling In Townstone Mortgage that ECOA only applies to...

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The CFPB has filed its opening brief in its appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit from the district court’s decision in the CFPB’s enforcement action against Townstone Mortgage (Townstone).  In the case,...more

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DOJ, CFPB: Lenders that rely on discriminatory appraisals violate the FHA and ECOA

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On March 13, the DOJ and CFPB filed a statement of interest saying that a “lender violates both the [Fair Housing Act (FHA)] and ECOA if it relies on an appraisal that it knows or should know to be discriminatory.” ...more

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Emory Law Journal Reports New Studies That Authors Claim Show Racial Inequities in Lender Advertisements

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A new essay published in the Emory Law Journal argues that two empirical studies of advertising by certain banks and payday lenders in Houston, Texas indicate that payday lenders steer African Americans and Latinos to their...more

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Financial Daily Dose 12.17.2019 | Top Story: USMCA Back on Track After Last-minute Wrangling

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The United States and Mexico appear poised to move past a last-minute snag over new language on Labor Department attaches to posts in Mexico. Mexico feared that the diplomats would “act as labor inspectors,” and for a day or...more

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Debtor’s Actions Immediately After Default Doom Time Barred ECOA Claim

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An unpublished opinion from the Sixth Circuit provides a useful application of the statute of limitations to bar a debtor’s claims under the Equal Credit Opportunity Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1691e (“ECOA”). In Guy v. Mercantile Bank...more

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