Bankruptcy Blogs

Bank lobbyists’ hollow campaign against credit unions

08/20/18

The banking industry has been raising alarms about the growth of a few credit unions, but the critiques ignore the vast size differences between the two sectors and the tremendous growth banks have seen since the crisis.

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FHFA's Watt fights harassment claims as accuser goes public

08/20/18

Top U.S. housing regulator Mel Watt is privately reassuring people close to him that he will keep his post as authorities investigate an employee's claims of sexual harassment. Now, his accuser is heightening the pressure — speaking out publicly for the first time.

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Credit Unions with the Largest Portfolios of Home Equity Loans

08/20/18

On Mar. 31, 2018. Dollars in thousands.

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Credit Unions with the Largest Portfolios of First Mortgage Loans

08/20/18

On Mar. 31, 2018. Dollars in thousands.

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Credit Unions with the Largest Credit Card Portfolios

08/20/18

On Mar. 31, 2018. Dollars in thousands.

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F&M expands northeast Ind. operations with Limberlost acquisition

08/20/18

Farmers & Merchants will pay $89 million for the parent of Bank of Geneva.

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Feds probe PNC; Credit card problems ahead?

08/20/18

The bank said it has received subpoenas related to low-income housing tax credits; write-offs of bad credit card debt creep up.

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8 banks entangled in Trump-related probes

08/19/18

The money trail is a prominent part of investigations dominating headlines in the Trump era, casting attention on banks that have facilitated transactions for various people in the president's orbit.

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Westlaw: A Digital Deportation Machine?

08/19/18

Lawyers and legal academics may be surprised to learn that Thomson Reuters, owners of the Westlaw electronic law library, sells its data to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency, and reserves the right in its privacy policy to share browsing history and search terms with law enforcement agencies. My colleague Sarah Lamdan explores the ethical issues for lawyers and the legal publishers in a recent paper, "When Westlaw Fuels ICE Surveillance: Ethics in the Big Data Policing Era." 

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