October 25, 2016
Tuesday’s Regulatory & Legislative Roundup
Governor Cuomo returned 250,000 dollars to Brooklyn residents. The state found that overall 52,000 tenants were overcharged roughly 2.8 million dollars. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development created a new rule to protect victims of sexual assault, domestic … Continue reading
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October 24, 2016
Monday’s Adjudication Roundup
Investors suing Wells Fargo for mishandling “mortgage backed securities investments” are urging a New York court to deny Wells Fargo’s motion to dismiss based upon a California Supreme Court ruling. Airbnb had enough. The temporary home rental company is suing … Continue reading
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October 21, 2016
Friday’s Government Reports Roundup
Since this spring the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has issued several new guidelines and rulings to the Fair Housing Act, a law passed in 1968 that prohibits housing discrimination based on race, color, national origin, religion, sex, … Continue reading
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October 20, 2016
Thursday’s Advocacy & Think Tank Roundup
A report by the Brookings Institute, titled Time for Justice: Tackling Race Inequalities in Health and Housing, discusses some of inequities and issues in race relations within housing and healthcare. The Partnerships for Raising Opportunity in Neighborhoods, known as PRO Neighborhoods, is a … Continue reading
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October 19, 2016
Wednesday’s Academic Roundup
An article titled, The First Amendment and Fair Housing in the Sharing Economy, explains how the sharing economy—a marketplace made up of businesses that profit by connecting providers of goods and services with users of those goods and services—challenges us … Continue reading
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October 18, 2016
Tuesday’s Regulatory & Legislative Roundup
The director of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s examination office said Monday that the office has moved staff to focus on the fast-expanding number of investment advisers regulated by the agency, while upping oversight of the Financial Industry Regulatory … Continue reading
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October 17, 2016
Monday’s Adjudication Roundup
UBS Securities LLC and other investment banks have urged the U.S. Supreme Court to review the Second Circuit’s split ruling that the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act extended deadlines for the government to file mortgage-backed securities suits, saying … Continue reading
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