Legal Archive

by Stephen Davis and Joey A. Chbeir U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (“ICE”) is in the process of hiring approximately 10,000 additional ICE officers. Many of these will be assigned to investigate workforce compliance with immigration regulations. Tom Homan, the deputy director of ICE, ...Read More

by Charles W. Prueter As we near the end of the Supreme Court’s Term, the Court has a number of momentous cases left to decide, and a quick peek into several of those cases is in order. While these potential blockbusters do not directly ...Read More

With two days remaining in the proposed schedule for the 2018 Regular Session, all of the three bills still being tracked by the association are in position to pass before the final day adjourns next week. First, House Bill 417, a bill Rep. Chris ...Read More

by Andrew Nix, Maynard Cooper & Gale Life as a community bank has become increasingly challenging in recent years, with massive increases in regulatory burdens, compliance costs and capital requirements on top of industry consolidation and impediments to quality asset growth.  There are a ...Read More

FEBRUARY 16, 2018 — The sixth week of the 2018 Regular Session saw two association-backed bills take major steps toward enactment as well as the introduction of three bills that the association had been working on for some time behind-the-scenes. On Tuesday, the Senate ...Read More

by Brian J. Malcom, Waller On Nov. 1,  in an encouraging development for banks and financial institutions, President Trump signed a repeal of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) rule prohibiting forced arbitration. The CFPB developed the rule to prevent banks and credit card ...Read More

It is now more important than ever for lenders to not allow real estate to be sold for delinquent taxes at a tax sale—whether it is real estate owned by the lender or mortgaged to the lender. New case law has complicated and often ...Read More