Community reinvestment threatened; well-established anti-redlining rules for banking could be weakened by legislation enacted by Congress in 1999

Article Abstract:

Issues concerning the Financial Services Modernization Act of 1999 (FSMA) and its potential negative impact on the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) are discussed. The CRA has motivated more banks to do business in low-income areas. Reasons proponents of the CRA are concerned about the FSMA's debilitation of the CRA regime by failure to keep that regime apace with the changing financial services industry are discussed.

Laws, regulations and rules, Discrimination in credit cards, Discrimination in insurance, Mortgage discrimination, Credit card discrimination, Insurance discrimination

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Co-branding: all the rage in cyberspace; placing a business logo on someone else's Web site can become a win-win situation, if done with caution

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The advantage of co-branding arrangements in electronic commerce and ways to avoid the danger that such arrangements will weaken or dilute a brand, are discussed. Factors to be included in the agreement such as restrictions on the use of branded elements, parties responsible for monitoring and pursuing infringements, and clear-cut provisions for terminating the relationship, are also summarized.

Contracts, Electronic commerce, E-commerce

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Caution is the keynote at ABA gathering; delegates balk at biggest ethics changes

Article Abstract:

The discussion of the Ethics 2000 Commission report at the 2001 convention is discussed, particularly of a revised standard on confidentiality and of having the lawyer's fee agreement in writing.

Standards, Conferences, meetings and seminars, Legal ethics, A.B.A.

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