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Supreme Court Update for Banking and Financial Services Professionals

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by Charles W. Prueter Today, in an homage to federalism, the Update takes a look at a recent decision from the Supreme Court of Alabama that undoubtedly is of interest to the banking and financial services community. As readers will know, the Supreme Court ...Read More

Watch Out for Personal Liability Under the FDCPA

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by Brian Malcom, Waller The Second Circuit recently upheld a court order holding two individual co-owners and co-directors of several corporate debt collector entities personally liable for over $10 million after such entities violated the Federal Trade Commission Act (FTCA) and the Federal Fair ...Read More

The Beneficial Ownership Rule – An Overview

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By Charles R. Moore, Bradley On May 11, 2018, a new rule—commonly referred to as the Beneficial Ownership Rule—took effect to establish additional customer due diligence requirements for banks and other financial institutions. The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued the rule under the ...Read More

2019 Regular Session: Week 1 Recap

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The 2019 Regular Session has been on hiatus since gaveling in on March 5. In the meantime, a bipartisan group of legislators overwhelmingly approved Gov. Kay Ivey’s “Rebuild Alabama” plan, which provides for a gradual 10-cent increase in state gasoline taxes to pay for ...Read More

Supreme Court Update for Banking and Financial Services Professionals

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by Charles Prueter By Charles Prueter, Waller The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, which was signed into law by President Jimmy Carter in 1977, has a simple and straightforward purpose: Protect unsophisticated consumers from unscrupulous debt collectors. The statute itself, however, has proved to ...Read More

Supreme Court Update for Banking and Financial Services Professionals

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by Charles W. Prueter Unanimous opinions in cases concerning relatively mundane matters generally are not the stuff of the nightly news. These are not the hot-button cases that capture the nation — one obvious and important exception is Brown v. Board of Education, in ...Read More

Supreme Court Update for Banking and Financial Services Professionals

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by Charles W. Prueter, Waller “Gentleman, this is a football.” The legendary coach Vince Lombardi kicked off training camp the same way each year, holding up the pigskin in front of his team of professional football players as a reminder that they must master ...Read More

Supreme Court Update for Banking and Financial Services Professionals:

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by Charles W. Prueter The Supreme Court soon may take up an important case focusing on the balance of power in the NBA. No, it is not a challenge to the monopoly that the Golden State Warriors currently have on talent and championships in ...Read More

Court Ruling Threatens Real Estate Lending

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A recent state Supreme Court ruling could potentially spell disaster for real estate lending in Alabama. In late September, the Court ruled that a future-advance mortgage does not create a mortgage lien until some indebtedness is incurred under the mortgage, rather than when the ...Read More

Door Hangers and Red Flags

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by Elena A. Lovoy, McGlinchey Stafford As the leaves begin to change colors and football games fill our calendars, it remains business as usual (or unusual) in residential mortgage lending. Two interesting developments shed light on how far a court may be willing to ...Read More

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