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A class action is a type of legal action where a representative individual or group of individuals can bring a claim on behalf of a larger group or class who share a common legal interest.
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Bank faces class action over its overdraft fee practices

Recently, a bank customer and his business filed a class action complaint in the Stamford-Norwalk Judicial District Superior Court against a Connecticut-based bank alleging that bank engaged in unlawful business practices to...more

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Visa/Mastercard Antitrust Class Action Claim Filing Deadline Extended to February 4

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UPDATE: In the massive antitrust class action against Visa, Mastercard and more than 25 banks, the deadline has been extended to February 4, 2025 for victims of overpaid credit or debit card transaction fees to file a claim...more

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District Court grants bank a MSJ in overdraft fee class action case

On April 16, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan entered an opinion and order granting defendant bank’s motion for summary judgment in an overdraft fee-related consumer class action. In this case,...more

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Class Action & MDL Roundup 2023 Q4 - Not All Cases Survive and Advance

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Welcome to the Class Action & MDL Roundup, our quarterly review of decisions and settlements in the class action arena. In this edition, student-athletes win an NIL round, Canadians in California isn’t personal...more

Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP

Nutter Bank Report: February 2024

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and state authorities have agreed to a consent order with a large national bank to resolve allegations that the bank engaged in a pattern or practice of lending discrimination by affecting...more

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Commercial Litigation Outlook - 2024

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By any measure, the world has changed vastly since we issued our first Commercial Litigation Outlook in 2020. We are now on our fourth installment of providing insights and flagging trends for what to expect in the coming...more

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Bank and Loan Servicer Move to Dismiss Purported Class Action Asserting Violations of Georgia Usury Law and RICO

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Recently, Lead Bank and its loan servicer Hyphen, LLC, an online lending platform operating Helix Financial, filed a motion to dismiss a purported class action alleging violations of the Georgia Installment Loan Act (GILA)...more

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Consumer Financial Services 2023 Year in Review and A Look Ahead

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We are pleased to share our annual review of regulatory and legal developments in the consumer financial services industry. With active federal and state legislatures, consumer financial services providers faced a challenging...more

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Pennsylvania federal district court rules alleged violation of state’s Motor Vehicle Sales Finance Act creates claim under Uniform...

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A Pennsylvania federal district court has ruled that the plaintiffs’ allegations that notices of repossession sent by a bank failed to comply with the state’s Motor Vehicle Sales Finance Act (MVFSA) were sufficient to state...more

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Bank to pay $1 billion to settle investors’ compliance claims

Last month, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York preliminarily approved a securities litigation settlement that would require a national bank to pay $1 billion to resolve class claims that it...more

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Payments Docket - May 2023

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The latest edition of the Payments Docket, our roundup of key litigation involving the payments industry, features fintechs and nonbanks continuing to face regulatory scrutiny, crypto going bankrupt, and banks are paying for...more

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Promissory Notes - Banking & Finance Insights: V 3, Issue 3, March 2023

Now is the Time to Guard Against Reckless Banking Legislation - “Only a structural change to the way Congress acts on financial regulation will prevent future losses.” Why this is important: An old adage is that...more

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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Imposes Record Fine for Consumer Banking Violations; Civil Suits May Follow

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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) recently imposed its largest fine ever for consumer banking law violations. The agency’s action is a good reminder for other banks to review their own practices and may spawn...more

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Payments Docket - June 2022

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Welcome to the first edition of the Payments Docket, our roundup of key litigation involving the payment industry. This edition features a stolen cell phone number used to buy cryptocurrency, a pair of class actions accusing...more

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PLI 25th Annual Consumer Financial Services Institute – 25% discount available

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PLI’s 25th Annual Consumer Financial Services Institute will take place on March 23-24, 2020, in New York City (and by live webcast and groupcast in Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, and New...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Event] Residential Mortgage Regulatory Enforcement & Litigation - October 29th-30th, Dallas, TX

Attend the only forum designed to help you navigate the Residential Mortgage Industry’s evolving landscape. Now in its 26th installment, ACI’s Residential Mortgage forum has become a premier gathering of the key industry...more

Miller & Martin PLLC

Class Actions Based on Overdraft Fees on the Rise

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As a word of caution, the plaintiffs’ bar is filing a wave of class actions against credit unions and banks based on the assessment of overdraft fees. Some cases challenge practices, such as high-to-low sequencing of...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Consumer Financial Services Law - March 30, 2017

Industry Groups Respond on Consumer Access to Financial Records - Financial industry groups responded to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's (CFPB) request for information on consumer access to their financial...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Orrick's Financial Industry Week In Review

Financial Industry Developments - Class Action Against Lending Club and WebBank Headed to Defeat - On Monday, January 31, 2017, a federal district court in the Southern District of New York granted a motion to...more

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Pew’s issue brief in support of the CFPB’s proposed arbitration rule: a flawed presentation

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The Pew Charitable Trusts has released an issue brief, “Consumers Want the Right to Resolve Bank Disputes in Court,” in which it urges the CFPB to “expeditiously finalize” its proposed arbitration rule. The CFPB’s proposal...more

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