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  1. July 26, 2024

    Colorado Cases To Watch 2024: A Midyear Report

    Colorado is at the forefront of state challenges to Kroger's $24 billion proposed merger with Albertsons, regulators are defending a high-cost lending crackdown, and state justices could change how insurers navigate bad faith suits. Here are some of the Colorado cases to watch in the second half of 2024.

  2. June 20, 2024

    Colo.'s Opt-Out Interest Rate Law Halted In Trade Group Suit

    A Colorado federal judge has temporarily barred the state from imposing more restrictive interest rate caps on consumer loans made by banks located outside of Colorado, siding with a coalition of lending groups seeking to invalidate a 2023 law aimed at reining in high-cost online loans.

  3. May 16, 2024

    Judge Questions Colo.'s Power Over Out-Of-State Banks

    A Colorado federal judge on Thursday asked U.S. banking regulators why the state should be able to cap interest rates for loans made to residents by out-of-state financial institutions, questioning why it was "consistent with federalism" to let an individual state have that far of a reach.

  4. May 15, 2024

    Colo. Says Lending Law Challenge Aims To Strip Federal Right

    The state of Colorado has urged a federal judge to dismiss a suit seeking to block a new state law to rein in high-cost online lending by out-of-state banks, saying federal law "expressly permits" states to opt out of the relevant statute, so their interest rate laws will not be preempted by state-chartered banks.

  5. May 13, 2024

    Banking Groups Oppose FDIC Position On Interstate Lending

    Two banking associations have argued the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. is trying to create a new regulation through its support of a Colorado state law aimed at reining in high-cost lending by claiming for the first time, in an amicus brief, that interstate loans are made in both the lender's and borrower's states.

  6. April 24, 2024

    FDIC Pushes Back On Lender Groups Suing Over Colo. Law

    The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. has weighed in on a legal challenge to a Colorado law aimed at curbing higher-cost online lending in the state, arguing that the lender trade groups behind the challenge are misconstruing the agency's past words to support their case.

  7. April 03, 2024

    Colo. Law Doesn't Account For Risky Borrowers, Court Told

    A trio of financial industry trade groups have asked a Colorado federal judge to block a state measure to rein in high-cost lending, arguing Tuesday that the law would make it "economically impracticable" for the groups' state-chartered bank members to offer certain credit products to risky borrowers and consumers in general.

  8. March 25, 2024

    Lender Groups Sue Over Colorado's Rate 'Opt-Out' Law

    A coalition of lender trade groups filed suit Monday to block Colorado officials from enforcing a new, impending law to rein in high-cost online lending by out-of-state banks, alleging it violates federal law and risks harming Colorado borrowers instead of helping them.