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The Banking Law Prof Blog is a law professor blog authored by Ann Graham, Associate Professor of Law at Texas Tech University School of Law.
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Recent Articles
Bank of America Stops Selling Loans to Fannie Mae
Bank of America (B of A) will not be selling any more mortgage loans to secondary mortgage market GSE Fannie Mae. The trigger for this move appears to be the ongoing dispute between Fannie Mae and B of A that...
Webinar Opportunity for UCC Profs and Practitioners
This coming Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2012, Continental Corporate Services will be hosting a free webinar regarding the Uniform Commercial Code, Revised Article 9. The same session will be broadcasted once at 10:30 am EST and again at 2:30 pm EST....
CFPB Is Looking Into Overdraft Fee Issues
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has opened an inquiry into overdraft fee practices. Today, CFPB representatives are in New York at town hall meeting for consumers to share their overdraft fee experiences. The CFPB also has a Notice and...
Capital One Approval as a Road Map for "Too Big to Fail" Standards?
Capital One received a valentine in the form of the February 14, 2012, Federal Reserve approval of Capital One's application to acquire ING Bank, fsb (“FSB”), Wilmington, Delaware, and indirectly also ShareBuilder Advisors, LLC (“ShareBuilder”) and ING Direct Investing, Inc....
News for UCC Profs
To avoid litigation, the Cheesecake Factory will post drink prices on its menus in Massachusetts. Under the Article 2 of the Uniform Commercial Code - Sales, a restaurant meal is a "sale of goods." Under 2-305, if the parties to...
Federal Housing Act Discrimination Case Settles Just Before U.S. Supreme Court Argument
The U.S. Supreme Court was scheduled to hear oral argument in Magner v. Gallagher on February 29, 2012. The issue in the case is whether "disparate impact" is an appropriate standard to establish racial discrimination in a Fair Housing Act...
Update on FDIC D&O Litigation
FDIC currently reports that as of Jan. 18, 1012: "FDIC has authorized suits in connection with 44 failed institutions against 391 individuals for D&O liability with damage claims of at least $7.7 billion. This includes 19 filed D&O lawsuits (2...
U.S. Banks Buying CMOs
The Financial Times reports that low interest rates in the economy are prompting U.S. banks to increase holdings of Collateralized Mortgage Obligations which carry a higher return than U.S. Treasuries. It would be deja vu all over again -- but...
Proposed State Administrative Procedure Change
The Administrative Judge's ruling would be the final word -- no review by the agency with an opportunity to change the AJ's opinion -- if this MN bill (HF1560) becomes law. The MN House State Government Finance Committee passed the...
FOMC Projections Released
The Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) have released summaries of the economic projections and the target federal funds rate projections made by Federal Reserve Board members and Federal Reserve Bank presidents for the January 24-25...
