OA169: Wells Fargo Goes To Jail?

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🗓️ 1 May 2018

⏱️ 79 minutes

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Today's episode discusses the recent fines levied against Wells Fargo in connection with two specific acts of egregious fraud against consumers. Is it enough? Is it proof that Trump (and Mick Mulvaney) intend rigorous defense of consumers at the CFPB? Listen and find out! First, we delve into a grab bag of items, beginning with a heartfelt apology and Andrew Was Wrong regarding trans language. Next, we deal with a couple of wacky legal cases, before settling in on a bevy of new gun control laws passed in Maryland. Phew! Then, we move into a discussion of Trump v. Hawaii, which was argued before the Supreme Court last week. What's the latest on the Travel Ban? After that, our "C" segment breaks down everything Wells Fargo. Finally, we end with the answer to Thomas Takes the Bar Exam Question #73 about lessees, assignees, and joint and several liability. Don't forget to follow our Twitter feed (@Openargs) and like our Facebook Page so that you too can play along with #TTTBE! Recent Appearances As this show comes out, Andrew was the guest masochist on Episode 141 of God Awful Movies; check it out! And if you'd like to have either of us as a guest on your show, drop us an email at openarguments@gmail.com. Show Notes & Links

From our grab bag: here is a link to the Kobach memo that's PROBABLY NOT WORTH ARGUING; this is the New York Post report on the hilarious Make America Great Again bar lawsuit; and this is the link to all the gun control bills passed in Maryland.
We first discussed outgoing Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen's cease-and-desist order against Wells Fargo back in Episode 146. The current enforcement action by the OCC can be read here.
We first discussed Trump's (then only proposed) Muslim ban way back in Episode #16, when the conventional wisdom was that it was so unthinkably awful it might lead the Republican Party to replace him at the top of the ticket. Ah, good times.
Since then, we've discussed the legality of the ban again (in Episode 39), the 9th Circuit's ruling on EO-1 (in Episode 43), and, most recently, the status of OA-2 in Episode 114. In this episode, we cite to the Government's reply brief before the Supreme Court.

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0:00.0	Your honor, I object!
0:05.0	And why is that Mr. Ead?
0:07.0	Because it's devastating to my case!
0:19.0	I did you know, the murders, but as you're all so looking forward to this, I thought I'd be not guilty.
0:31.0	They say a man who represents himself as a fool for a client.
0:35.0	Well, with God as my witness, I am that fool!
0:45.0	Mr. Simpson, this is the most blatant case of fraudulent advertising since my suit against the film the never-ending store.
0:53.0	Welcome to Opening Arguments, the podcast that pairs an inquisitive interviewer with the real-life lawyer.
0:59.0	This podcast is sponsored by the Law Offices of P. Antitoura as LLC for entertainment purposes.
1:05.0	It's not intended as legal advice, and does not form an attorney-client relationship.
1:09.0	Don't take legal advice from a podcast.
1:13.0	Hello and welcome to Opening Arguments, this is episode 169.
1:20.0	I'm Eos Thomas Smith, that over there is Andrew Torres Esquire, how you doing?
1:27.0	Lawyer Lee Host Andrew.
1:30.0	I am fantastic, second chance lawyer Lee Host Thomas Smith.
1:35.0	Yeah, I'm doing well.
1:39.0	I'm excited for today's episode.
1:41.0	I'm always excited, this is a great show.
1:43.0	We're going to do some grab bag of questions and concerns and funny stories about things left in documents, accidentally, all kinds of good stuff.
1:55.0	Then in the main segment, we're going to be talking about Trump V. Hawaii, I alluded to it last week, but opening oral arguments that is happened for Trump V. Hawaii.
2:06.0	Curious to hear about that, and then later on, we're going to be talking about Wells Fargo.
2:11.0	Boy, I can't wait to talk about that.
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