For a large lender, CRA provided expert testimony during a class action claim which asserted that underwriting of the mortgage disparately impacted minorities. Our expert— tasked with assessing whether statistical evidence supported the class action—testified that minorities were not unfairly priced and that the loan product was not disadvantageous to minorities. Plaintiffs demanded damages in excess of $100 million. The class was settled for less than a million.
Puerto Rico may see higher utility rates after 1st Circ. ruling
Puerto Rico’s Financial Oversight and Management Board (FOMB) said it intends to introduce changes to the plan of adjustment to allow for payments to PREPA...