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On August 7, 2025, President Trump issued an executive order aimed at ending what the administration calls "politicized debanking."

We have now been operating for close to 16 months under the effect of the Ability to Repay and Qualified Mortgage Rules, and the results thus far look like a mixed bag.

If you are interested in the revitalization of commercial development projects and are looking for ways to assist with financing, the New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) Program may be the answer.

Regulators have raised some questions in recent exams about the Servicemembers' Civil Relief Act and the Military Lending Act.

Financial institutions should prepare for increased regulatory attention to customer due diligence, customer identification, and consumer credit risk involving non-work authorized individuals and customers whose lawful immigration...

Given, among other things, the current bank regulatory environment and dim prospects for future community bank profitability, many community bank boards are now considering the possibility of partnering with a like-sized institution or an outright sale to a larger institution.

Many of you still have questions about the CFPB's RESPA (Regulation X) Mortgage Loan Servicing Rule that requires a delinquency period of more than 120 days before you can initiate a foreclosure.

As we reported in another item posted here, on March 13, 2020, pursuant to section 1135(b) of the Social Security Act, the Secretary of the United States Department of Health

On April 30, 2020, CMS issued several new and revised blanket waivers for health care providers retroactively effective March 1, 2020, through the end of the emergency declaration.

A federal appeals court on Thursday, February 9 unanimously ruled against President Trump's controversial "travel ban" Executive Order that attempted to bar foreign nationals from a list of...

As anyone with a large insurance practice knows, insurance companies sometimes reach out to outside counsel not to request the defense of a lawsuit against an insured (or perhaps the insurer itself)...

My kids recently watched an episode of Nickelodeon’s teen sitcom Sam & Cat, starring Jennette McCurdy and Ariana Grande. Yes, it really was my kids who turned it on. I was in the other room working.

Serving as a judge is a unique experience. In Texas, where judges are selected in the general election on a partisan ballot, judges must campaign for their jobs.

Generally, a party in litigation is constrained to follow the applicable State or Federal Rules of Civil Procedure as they navigate through each stage of the case.

While it is possible that with four decades of music, Joni Mitchell's lyrics have been referenced in a court opinion before, I'd venture a guess that Ms. Mitchell has never made an appearance in an ESI case.

The Supreme Court's unanimous decision in Montgomery v. Caribe Transport II, LLC has fundamentally altered the landscape for freight brokers facing negligent hiring claims. After years of conflicting court decisions on whether federal law shields brokers from state tort liability, the nation's highest court has definitively ruled that such claims fall within the FAAAA's safety exception and are not preempted.

On April 1, 2015, the Tennessee Court of Appeals (Western Section) decided Moneypeny v. Kheiv, Case No. W2014-00656-COA-R3-CV (Tenn. Ct. App. April 1, 2015).

Judicial recusal in Texas litigation presents a high-stakes dilemma for parties questioning a judge's impartiality. While successfully removing a presiding judge is rare, Texas law provides specific grounds for recusal when circumstances would cause a reasonable observer to doubt judicial neutrality, balancing the need for impartial tribunals against judges' authority to make difficult decisions.