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The Abandoned Property Neighborhood Relief Act of 2015 has been introduced in the New York State Senate and Assembly, prompting a Newsday article quoting Lexis author Bruce J. Bergman, author of Bergman on New York Mortgage Foreclosures (LexisNexis Matthew...

Why have some of the largest banks in the world invested large sums of money to environmental and sustainability causes? Why did both Citigroup and Bank of America pledge to invest $50 billion each in alternative energy and conservation projects and –...

By Mercedes Kelley Tunstall, John D. Socknat and Lauren McDermott Microsoft has announced that beginning April 8, 2014, its Windows XP operating system will no longer be updated with security patches. This announcement has critical data security implications...

In Fla. Bankers Ass'n v. United States Dep't of Treasury, 2014 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 3521 (D.D.C. 2014), here , the court sustained the IRS regulations "the regulations requir[ing] U.S. banks to report the amount of interest earned by accountholders...

By Robb Chase and Amanda Pugh On February 14, 2012, the Department of Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued Notice 2012-1, which extended the filing deadline for both the 2010 and 2011 Report of Foreign Bank and Financial...

By M. Machua Millett, Associate, Edwards Angell Palmer and Dodge LLP China is considering reviving its plan to set up a super regulator in order to make the government's oversight of the financial sector more efficient and expedient and improve...

By Robb Chase and Amanda Pugh On February 14, 2012, the Department of Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued Notice 2012-1, which extended the filing deadline for both the 2010 and 2011 Report of Foreign Bank and Financial...

On this edition, Kirk Jensen and Jeff Naimon of BuckleySandler LLP in Washington, D.C. discuss the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA). They discuss how military servicemembers are protected by the act, the types of financial obligations affected by...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - (Mealey's) The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Feb. 9 that the federal government, attorneys general from 49 states and five national banks have reached a $25 billion settlement to resolve issues stemming from the lenders'...

By Oluwaseun O. Ajayi and Kendra C. Kinnaird Stepped-up enforcement of state consumer protection laws in the field of home mortgage lending is inevitable for all types of lenders, including those with federal charters. Federal banks and thrifts, long...

NEW YORK - (AP) More trouble piled up for Bank of America Corp. on Monday, as American International Group Inc. sued it for more than $10 billion, saying the bank cheated it by selling residential mortgage-backed securities that were overvalued. The suit...

NEW YORK - (AP) A federal judge in Florida says customers from Union Bank can team up as a class to sue the San-Francisco-based lender over its overdraft fee policy. The case is one of about 35 from around the country consolidated in Florida. Major national...

LOS ANGELES - (AP) It seemed Maria Campusano's financial problems were behind her when the mortgage on her Victorian home in a Massachusetts mill town was chopped by hundreds of dollars a month. She soon learned that her troubles had just begun. Weeks...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - (AP) TCF National Bank sued Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke and the Fed's board of governors on Tuesday, saying regulations limiting the fees a bank can charge retailers for debit card transactions are unconstitutional. Minnesota...

NEW YORK - (AP) Foreclosure-fraud class action lawsuits are starting to pile up against major banks across the U.S., threatening a besieged industry with billions more in potential losses. Bank executives are swarming Capitol Hill this week to defend...