The lawsuit centers on whether requirements under the Truth in Lending Act apply to mortgages that are marked as commercial on loan documentation but have certain residential characteristics.
“Our review found that when all relevant factors are controlled for, which CNN did not do, the difference in approval rates between Black and White borrowers falls to less than 1%,” said Debo Adegbile, a partner at the law firm of WilmerHale who was hired by Navy Federal to complete the review.