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Perspective

Mar. 1, 2011

Agency Deference Is Alive and Well

The U.S. Supreme Court reminds us of the important age-old principle of agency deference. By Felicia Yu and Kathy J. Huang of Reed Smith LLP.


By Felicia Yu and Kathy J. Huang


In an era where credit card companies face intense scrutiny for conduct that was previously considered standard industry practice, it might come as a surprise to some to find a case holding that a bank does not have to give its cardholder advanced notice of an increase in interest rates. But that is precisely what the U.S. Supreme Court held in Chase Bank USA v. McCoy, 2011 DJDAR 1223 (Jan. 24, 2011) by applying the importa...

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