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Despite concerns from housing and mortgage industry trade groups, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) on Thursday announced the release of VantageScore 4.0 historic credit data, a step that is designed to ease the transition to new credit reporting requirements by the end of next year. The datasets released Wednesday…

John Rich The Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) was enacted on Labor Day 1974 by President Gerald Ford to provide greater protection for employees participating in workplace benefit plans. More particularly, as noted by the United States Supreme Court in Fort Halifax Packing Co. v. Coyne, “to safeguard employees…

Mortgage rates are falling today as the CPI inflation data came in lighter than anticipated. The shelter side of the equation was a big help in today’s report. The financial markets’ dynamism was evident in the immediate reaction to the 10-year yield, which had a waterfall dive to a key…

NH expands protections against race-based hair discrimination A new law allows people to pursue legal action if they experienced discrimination based on hairstyles related to their ethnicity. The state’s existing anti-discrimination law already has a clause prohibiting discrimination by race and color. The new law adds a clause related exclusively…

A landmark Supreme Court decision that reins in federal agencies’ authority is expected to hold dramatic consequences for the nation’s health care system, calling into question government rules on anything from consumer protections for patients to drug safety to nursing home care. The June 28 decision overturns a 1984 precedent…