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Legal News, Trends and Policies Affecting the Lending Industry
Summer 2007
Spring 2007
Winter 2006-2007
Fall 2006
Summer 2006
Spring 2006
Winter 2005-2006 discusses mortgage fraud, highlights Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac 2006 conforming loan limits, the Ameriquest settlement, the Federal banking agencies’ proposed guidelines for non-traditional mortgage products, and updates legislative developments in Alabama, California, Connecticut, Illinois, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Missouri, New Jersey, Ohio, South Carolina and Texas.
Fall 2005 highlights increase of the HOEPA Dollar Threshold for 2006 and two interpretive letters of interest for national banks released by the Office of the Comptroller of Currency, and updates legislative developments in California, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Washington and Wyoming.
Summer 2005 highlights the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 and the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 and updates legislative developments in Arkansas, California, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Montana, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Washington, and Wisconsin.
Spring 2005 highlights Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) Disposal Rule and updates legislative developments in California, Connecticut, Georgia Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, New Jersey, Ohio, Oregon, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, and Wyoming.
Winter 2004-2005 updates legislative developments in California, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Missouri, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, South Carolina, Tennessee, Utah and Wisconsin.
Fall 2004 highlights increase of the HOEPA Dollar Threshold for 2005 and updates legislative developments in California, Georgia, Illinois, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Rhode Island and Tennessee.
Summer 2004 updates legislative developments in Illinois and highlights final Regulation Z rules, FTC requirements that telemarketers “scrub” call lists every 31 days, and adoption by the Federal Reserve Board of FACT Act model notices.
Spring 2004 highlights HUD withdrawal of RESPA proposal from review by the Office of Management and Budget, final rules affecting the FACT Act, and Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Civil Relief Act changes.
Winter 2003-2004 highlights FACT Act, the federal CAN-SPAM Act, the OCC’s Federal Preemption Rules, increases in Conforming Loan Size and HOEPA Dollar Amount For 2004, and RESPA Reform Proposal, and legislative updates for various states and human resources alert. This newsletter marks the introduction of a litigation update column and human resources alerts.
Fall 2003 updates legislative developments in California, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Michigan, Missouri, Nevada, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, South Carolina, Texas, and West Virginia.
Summer 2003 highlights developments in Arkansas, Connecticut. Illinois, Indiana, Maine, Missouri, and Montana
Spring 2003 highlights developments in California, Georgia, Idaho, Kentucky, Maryland and Massachusetts, including amendments to the Georgia Fair Lending Act.
Winter 2002-2003 highlights legislative developments in Georgia, the District of Columbia, Florida, Illinois, North Carolina, Ohio and Texas, HOEPA changes adopted by the Fed, and a HUD proposed anti-flipping rule.
Fall 2002 highlights developments in California, Colorado, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York State, New York City, and Cleveland, Ohio, and the OTS’s Parity Act ruling.
Summer 2002, highlights the Georgia Fair Lending Act, Amendments to HMDA, and developments in Connecticut, the District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia.
Spring 2002 highlights Georgia enactment of the Georgia Fair Lending Act and recent legislative and regulatory developments in Connecticut, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Minnesota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia
Winter 2001-2002 anticipates that the Georgia Department of Banking and Finance (“DBF”) will introduce legislation in January to further strengthen the Georgia Residential Mortgage Act, and discusses other legislative and regulatory revisions.
Fall 2001 updates status of local predatory lending laws throughout the country, and discusses HUD’s newest policy statement on yield spread premiums.
Summer 2001 updates legislative developments on local predatory lending ordinances, and discusses the 11th Circuit’s Culpepper decision dealing with yield spread premiums.
Spring 2001 updates legislative developments on predatory lending in several states, and discusses new licensing requirements in various states.
Winter 2001-2000 updates legislative developments on predatory lending in several states, and announces the introduction of additional mortgage broker regulation in various states.
Fall 2000 provides an update on predatory lending legislation in several states, and highlights recent decisions interpreting the FDCPA, and TILA.
Summer 2000 highlights implementation of Gramm-Leach-Bliley, state anti-predatory lending efforts, and federal electronic signature legislation.
Spring 2000 highlights the introduction of federal predatory lending legislation, and recent legislative and regulatory developments in Alabama, Mississippi, North Carolina, Georgia Illinois, Utah and West Virginia.
Winter 1999-2000 highlights e-commerce, and proposed predatory lending laws in Illinois, Missouri, South Carolina, and New York.
Fall 1999 highlights developments in New York, Illinois, and Georgia and Virginia’s appeals of the AMPTA preemption decision.
Summer 1999 highlights developments in North Carolina, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Kansas, Texas, and proposed revisions to Reg B.
Spring 1999 Inaugural Edition highlights developments in Georgia, Indiana, Minnesota, Ohio, and Pennsylvania, and discusses De Minimis licensing requirements. |
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