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2017 Neb. L. Rev. Bulletin 1 (2017)

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  MADDENv. MIDLAND FUNDING, LLC, 786 F.3d 246 (2d Cir. 2015): The Second Circuit
                         Threatens to Disrupt Capital Markets

                              TABLE OF CONTENTS


I.    Introdu ction  .................................................................................... . . . . 2

II.   B a c k g ro u n d   ............................................................................................ 5

      A.    History of Usury Law and the Valid-When-Made Doctrine ...............5

      B.    National Bank Act and the Preemption Doctrine .................................... 9

III.  Analysis: Madden v. Midland Funding, LLC ................................................... 15

IV.   The Folly of the Second Circuit's Decision .................................................... 22

V.    The Potential Impact of the Second Circuit's Decision .................................... 25