Consumer and Other Financial Services Litigation

Our lawyers have represented financial institutions in litigation involving the federal regulatory agencies as well as in private complex litigation. The litigation includes administrative supervisory proceedings, lawsuits involving the scope of permissible bank securities activities, individual class and derivative litigation arising under the securities laws, commercial disputes, money laundering matters, license proceedings in foreign sanctions cases and suits involving claims against insurance companies under fidelity bonds. We also have represented financial services companies in consumer class action cases involving a variety of bank practices, including exportation of credit card fees, force-placed insurance, mortgage escrow account servicing, debt collection, mortgage reconveyances, Truth in Lending and Leasing disclosures, and allegations of unfair and deceptive trade practices, false advertising and “red-lining” or racial discrimination in lending practices.