Federal Preemption

Amicus Briefs

ABIA has filed briefs with the Courts arguing in favor of the OCC's interpretation of the GLBA's preemption standard. Read them here.

• GLBA Preemption Standard Defined: ABIA Position Paper (6-27-02)
• Chairman Oxley's Letter to Secretary O'Neill Opposing Preemption (4-22-02)       
• Comment Letter to OCC re: Rhode Island Preemption Request (10-23-00)
• Comment Letter to OCC re: West Virginia Banker's Association Request for a Preemption Determination (7-3-00) 

• District Court Ruling on Preemption of MA Sales Law (1-10-05)
• ABIA Amicus Brief in Support of MBA Suit (3-18-04)
• ABIA Amicus Brief in Support of OCC's MA Opinion (7-16-02)
• ABIA Amicus Brief in Support of OCC's WVA Opinion (5-1-02) 
• ABIA News Release WVA Preemption Opinion (10-03-01)
• OCC News Release WVA Preemption Opinion (10-03-01)
• OCC WVA Preemption Opinion (10-03-01)
• ABIA Legal Analysis - OCC WVA Opinion (10-08-01)
• Ohio 6th Circuit Court Decision
• ABIA Welcomes 6th Circuit's Action
  
  

• A Preemption Primer by Raymond Natter Barnett Sivon & Natter, P.C. (9/21/09)
• The Economic Impact of Eliminating Preemption of State Consumer Protection Laws by Joseph R. Mason and Hal J. Singer (9/21/09)

• Climo Address to NAIC Functional Regulation Working Group (12-8-03)
• Letter To Director Shapo - GLBA Preemption of State Laws (12-19-01)
• Draft Table of State Statutes in Non-Compliance with GLBA (12-19-01)
• 50 State Chart: State Statures Subject to Pre-emption (1-31-02) 
• State Pre-emption Chart Legend (1-31-02)

Updated September 25, 2009

Questions? Please contact Kevin McKechnie for more information