Kimetra Brice, et al v. Haynes Investments, LLC, et al

  1. August 04, 2022

    Tribe-Linked Lender, Borrowers Reach Deal In Lending Suit

    Tribe-linked lender Haynes Investments LLC reached a deal to settle claims from a proposed class of borrowers that they were charged excessively high interest rates on consumer loans, they told the Ninth Circuit on Wednesday.

  2. July 18, 2022

    Native American Cases To Watch In 2nd Half Of 2022

    Native American law practitioners will be tuned in to the U.S. Supreme Court arguments on the constitutionality of the Indian Child Welfare Act, while also monitoring the en banc Ninth Circuit's take on arbitration in a tribal lending case and the Seminole Tribe's bid to revive its gambling deal with Florida to pursue mobile sports betting.

  3. June 07, 2022

    9th Circ. Will Rehear Payday Lending Case En Banc

    The Ninth Circuit has agreed to rehear en banc a payday lending case that a split panel previously decided to send to arbitration, after advocacy groups weighed in and argued that the move allows fraudsters who use Native American tribes as a front to skirt federal consumer laws to avoid scrutiny over their operations.

  4. November 09, 2021

    Advocates Urge 9th Circ. To Rethink Payday Lending Order

    National advocacy groups have asked the Ninth Circuit for a rehearing or en banc review of its split decision to send a payday lending case to arbitration, saying that fraudsters who use tribes as a front to skirt federal consumer laws "should not be permitted to abuse arbitration as a way to avoid scrutiny of their operations."

  5. October 08, 2021

    Borrowers Ask 9th Circ. To Pause Tribe-Linked Usury Suit

    Borrowers suing tribe-linked lenders for charging illegally high interest rates have asked the Ninth Circuit to pause proceedings in the suit as they wait for the appellate court to resolve their petitions for a full-bench review of the court's recent decisions in two parallel actions.

  6. September 16, 2021

    Split 9th Circ. Axes Ruling, Forces Certified Class To Arbitrate

    The Ninth Circuit in a split published opinion on Thursday reversed a California federal judge's ruling that tribe-linked lenders were wrongly denied their request to arbitrate borrower claims and that an arbitrator should decide whether arbitration clauses are enforceable.