Banking Industry Trade Associations File Comprehensive Amicus Brief Supporting Plaintiffs’ Challenge to Oregon’s Overbroad DIDMCA Opt-Out

NCAC Joins Amicus Briefs Defending Harvard, Columbia

This week, the National Coalition Against Censorship joined organizations across the ideological spectrum in filing amicus briefs in support of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) and Harvard University in their challenges to the Trump administration’s violations of academic freedom. The cases center on the administration’s threats to punish Harvard and Columbia University by [...] The post NCAC Joins Coalition Backing Harva…

Banking Industry Trade Associations File Comprehensive Amicus Brief Supporting Plaintiffs’ Challenge to Oregon’s Overbroad DIDMCA Opt-Out

A significant amicus brief was filed yesterday by many bank industry trade associations in the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon in National Association of Industrial Bankers v. O’Day. This case challenges Oregon House Bill 4116’s attempt to utilize the state’s opt-out from Sections 521 through 523 of the Depository Institutions Deregulation and Monetary Control Act of 1980 (“DIDMCA”) as a basis to regulate interest rates charged by…