About the Webinar

From Executive Orders targeting DEI to changes in enforcement and supervision priorities, Lenders are grappling with new challenges and opportunities amidst competing and inconsistent demands.  Whether it involves loan originator compensation trends, employing realtors, or navigating federal and state competing fair lending/DEI requirements, join Mitchell Sandler partners Daniella Casseres and Ari Karen as they discuss what has changed and how lenders can implement practical strategies to maximize opportunities and minimize risk.   

Presenters

ARI KAREN, Partner, Head of Litigation, Labor & Employment Practice

Ari Karen is a Partner at Mitchell Sandler. He leads the firm’s litigation, and labor and employment practices. Ari represents lenders in litigation matters, government investigations, and advises clients on regulatory compliance matters. His practice is diverse, covering subject matters including banking regulations, consumer protection regulations, Dodd-Frank financial reform laws, contractual disputes, employment and labor statutes, wage-hour class actions, employment discrimination and fair lending matters, whistleblower complaints, and non-competition claims.

Daniella Casseres, Partner and Head of Mortgage Regulatory Practice

Daniella serves on Mitchell Sandler’s management committee and leads the firm’s mortgage regulatory practice group. She advises mortgage lenders, financial institutions, and consumer finance companies on regulatory compliance and enforcement matters, bringing the insight of a former banking regulator at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago to her work. She regularly counsels clients on state and federal laws relating to fair lending, advertising, licensing, and privacy with particular experience helping mortgage lenders comply with the requirements of the Truth in Lending Act, the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act, the Fair Housing Act, the Fair Credit Reporting Act, the Bank Secrecy Act, and state regulatory requirements.