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In re First Reserve Management, L.P.

April 21, 2022

U.S. Chamber files coalition amicus letter urging Texas Supreme Court to grant mandamus and dismiss corporate veil-piercing claims against investors based on ordinary private-equity oversight...

Davidson v. United Auto Credit Corp.

March 24, 2022

U.S. Chamber files coalition amicus brief regarding the auto loan exception to the Military Lending Act’s definition of consumer credit.

Alphabet Inc. v. Rhode Island

March 7, 2022

U.S. Supreme Court denies cert in case involving whether “risk factors” disclosure in securities filing must disclose only future risks—not, as in this case, past remedied risks. The U.S. Chamber...

Hawaii Sheet Metal Workers Annuity Fund v. Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.

February 14, 2022

Second Circuit dismisses appeal from favorable judgment in lawsuit alleging that defendants conspired to fix the ICE LIBOR rate. Plaintiffs had withdrawn their appeals, and the Second Circuit...

California v. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

February 8, 2022

District court upholds an FDIC regulation reaffirming the “valid-when-made” doctrine, under which a loan free from usury at the time of its origination cannot become usurious through a subsequent...

Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility v. SEC

December 3, 2021

U.S. Chamber files amicus brief defending 2020 SEC shareholder proposal rule against challenge on APA grounds.

Gueye v. People's United Bank

November 29, 2021

U.S. Chamber files coalition amicus brief addressing what financial institutions must do to comply with the Bank Secrecy Act and other anti-money laundering requirements.

Alphabet Inc. v. Rhode Island

November 24, 2021

U.S. Chamber files coalition amicus brief in support of cert petition, arguing that “risk factors” disclosed in a securities filing must disclose only future risks – not, as in this case, past,...

City of Oakland v. Wells Fargo & Co.

September 28, 2021

Ninth Circuit partially affirms district court’s denial of motion to dismiss in Fair Housing Act case addressing liability for subprime mortgage lending.

Hymes v. Bank of America, N.A.

June 11, 2021

U.S. Chamber files coalition amicus brief arguing that the National Bank Act preempts state law purporting to fix an interest rate for mortgage escrow accounts. The U.S. Chamber previously filed...