Michael Oliveira Addresses NJ Bankers Association on the Effects of Dodd-Frank on the Equal Credit Opportunity Act and Regulation B

Counsel Michael j. Oliveira  addressed the Joint Lending Committee of the NJ Bankers Association at their annual meeting this week in Atlantic City. The topic was “The Effects of the Dodd-Frank Act on the Equal Credit Opportunity Act and Regulation B”. Mr. Oliveira explained how the Dodd-Frank Act impacted the Equal Credit Opportunity Act and Regulation B, particularly the new requirements placed on lenders to provide free copies of appraisals and other valuation documents to prospective borrowers in certain circumstances.  A member of the Business Law & Commercial Transactions, Commercial Real Estate & Redevelopment Law, and Land Use & Approvals Practice Groups, Mr. Oliveira one of the state’s leading attorneys in the area of land use, zoning and planning law. Mr. Oliveira has successfully handled hundreds of applications for residential and commercial developments before various Planning and Zoning Boards of Adjustment. He has successfully obtained land use approvals for such projects as the Marriott Courtyard Hotel and the Springfield Avenue Marketplace project in Newark for Tucker Development, and the new Panasonic world headquarters building for Matrix Development Group.