SEC Adopts CEO Pay Ratio Disclosure Rule
By a 3-2 vote, the Securities and Exchange Commission today approved a final rule requiring public companies to disclose the...
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ABA to Agencies: Put Court’s Disparate Impact Framework into Guidance
ABA today asked the financial regulators and law enforcement agencies to include in their guidance, exam procedures and appropriate regulations...
D.C. Circuit Revives ATM-Fee Class Action
The case will be remanded to the district court where the judge will eventually rule on the merits of plaintiffs’...
Court Rejects Amex Antitrust Settlement over Attorney Collusion
A conference is scheduled in the district court for October 5, 2015 to decide the next steps in the litigation.
Appellate Court: Legal Challenge to CFPB May Proceed
Reversing a lower court decision, a three-judge panel of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday allowed key parts...
ABA Staff Analysis Explores Disparate Impact Ruling
ABA yesterday released a bank members-only staff analysis of the Supreme Court’s ruling in Texas v. Inclusive Communities Project, which...
ABA Files Amicus Brief Over National Bank Act
Many were surprised that the OCC elected not to challenge the decision.
Supreme Court OKs Disparate Impact Analysis under Fair Housing Act
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled today that disparate impact claims are enforceable under the Fair Housing Act. The decision in...
The Downside of Creative Repurposing
Recent government efforts to repurpose a decades-old statute into a statutory pretzel have produced a series of court actions that...
