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Indiana Senate Bill Would Replace LIBOR When Necessary

Trillions of dollars are tied up in lending contracts that rely on the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) as their benchmark rate. On June 30, 2023, LIBOR will no longer be published in any capacity.1 Many LIBOR-based contracts contain inadequate provisions, or none at all, to deal with the…

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Federal Agency Raises Lending Concerns Within Hemp Industry

On July 12, 2021 the U.S. Farm Credit Administration (“FCA”), the federal agency that regulates farm lending, issued an informational memorandum (“Memo”) to its network of farm credit institutions. The Memo recommends considerations when deciding whether to provide financing to farmers seeking to…

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Secure and Fair Enforcement (SAFE) Banking Act Passes U.S. House…Again

On Monday, April 19, 2021, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Secure and Fair Enforcement Banking Act of 2021 (the “Act”).  The legislation was reintroduced in Congress in late March through a bipartisan effort involving members of both the U.S. House of Representatives (House) and the…

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Supreme Court Confirms that to Violate the TCPA your Automatic Telephone System Must Use a Random or Sequential Generator

The TCPA Issue

There has been a significant amount of litigation over the past few years regarding the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”) on the issue of whether banks or credit unions are violating the TCPA when they call their customers using certain automatic telephone…

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