
Katherine L. Halliday
Counsel
Biography
Katherine L. Halliday represents financial services industry clients in a wide range of litigation matters, including class actions, government enforcement matters, regulatory examinations, and internal investigations. As Counsel in the Washington, D.C., office of Buckley LLP, Ms. Halliday has represented clients in matters involving the Department of Justice (DOJ), the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), and state attorneys general, and in private civil litigation in numerous federal and state courts. She also has extensive experience managing complex discovery and production issues, including through the use of advanced analytics.
Ms. Halliday’s recent representations include:
- Defending a lender-placed insurance provider in multiple putative class actions
- Defending class action lawsuits and putative class actions lawsuits alleging unfair and deceptive business practices, fraud, conspiracy, and violations of federal laws, including the Truth in Lending Act (TILA), the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA), and the Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO)
- False Claims Act (FCA) and Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act (FIRREA) investigations by the DOJ, various U.S. attorney’s offices, HUD, and VA concerning compliance with Federal Housing Administration (FHA) Direct Endorsement Lender program guidelines and VA loan program requirements
- Representing a bank in an ongoing Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act (FIRREA) investigation by DOJ and various U.S. Attorneys’ Offices regarding auto lending
- Numerous CFPB examination and enforcement matters, including investigation of mortgage servicing practices, retail credit, and installment lending
- Multiagency and multistate investigation and examination matters for financial industry companies, including with various state regulators and state attorneys general, and other federal agencies
- Advising clients on a range of compliance matters, including FHA, VA, and GSE requirements, the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA) and Regulation X, the Military Lending Act, unfair, deceptive, or abusive acts or practices (UDAP and UDAAP) statutes under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, Section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Act, and various state laws
Prior to joining Buckley, Ms. Halliday clerked for the Honorable Deborah K. Chasanow in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland. Before her clerkship, she was a Litigation Associate at WilmerHale, assisting with commercial litigation, criminal investigations, and pro bono matters.
Ms. Halliday received her J.D. from the George Washington University (summa cum laude) and her A.B. from Duke University.
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Publications
"Relief or risk?: The hidden costs of government lending" by Michelle L. Rogers, Katherine L. Halliday, and Katherine Brockway Katz (National Law Journal)
There is no longer any question that the economy will take years, not months, to fully recover from COVID-19, and additional funding for government and government-backed loans seems inevitable at some point. Examining the programs from the initial COVID-19 relief package provides context for...
Articles"The hazy legal landscape of cannabis: A review" by Fredrick S. Levin, Katherine L. Halliday, and Benjamin W. Hutten (Los Angeles Daily Journal)
The legality of cannabis varies widely on what product is at issue and what law applies. There is significant divergence, and at times direct conflict, between state and federal laws. Under federal law, a slight difference in chemical composition or the marketed use of a product can determine...
Articles"What to expect from increased FTC-state AG collaboration" by Michelle L. Rogers and Katherine L. Halliday (Law360)
In prepared remarks at the winter meeting of the National Association of Attorneys General on March 5, 2019, Federal Trade Commission Chairman Joseph Simons advocated for increased collaboration with state attorneys general and noted that such collaboration is critical to the FTC’s mission. His...
Articles"FTC has big agenda for 2019. How should companies prepare?" by Michelle L. Rogers and Katherine L. Halliday (Bloomberg Law)
Federal Trade Commission Chairman Joseph Simons recently previewed an aggressive and expansive consumer protection agenda for 2019, invoking the commission’s broad powers to pursue unfair or deceptive acts or practices, and adding “fraudulent” to the types of conduct he expects to police. Among the...
Articles"Can you comment when SARs come up?" by Preston Burton and Katherine L. Halliday (Banking Exchange)
Recent news related to the investigation of Russian influence in the U.S. political process has drawn the public’s attention to the Suspicious Activity Report (SAR) system and raised questions about its integrity. Financial institutions, among others, are required to file SARs with the Treasury...
ArticlesC-Suite Financial Services Review: Enforcement Trends - The States Step Up
The new leadership at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has explicitly stated that it expects to pursue fewer enforcement actions than it has in the past. While the anticipated reduction in CFPB enforcement activity may cause some companies to feel a sense of relief, there may be less cause...
C-Suite ReviewSpecial Alert: SCOTUS Vacates Ninth Circuit Decision in Case Alleging Procedural FCRA Violations
On May 16, the United States Supreme Court issued an opinion vacating the Ninth Circuit’s 2014 ruling that a plaintiff had standing under Article III of the Constitution to sue an alleged consumer reporting agency as defined by the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), for alleged procedural violations...
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Awards and Recognitions
Awards & Recognitions
- Super Lawyers 2020 Rising Star: Business Litigation, Consumer Law
- Super Lawyers 2019 Rising Star: Business Litigation, Consumer Law
- Super Lawyers 2018 Rising Star: Business Litigation, Consumer Law
- Super Lawyers 2017 Rising Star: Business Litigation, Consumer Law
- Super Lawyers 2016 Rising Star: Business Litigation, Consumer Law
- Super Lawyers 2015 Rising Star: Business Litigation, Consumer Law
- Super Lawyers 2014 Rising Star: General Litigation
Education
- J.D., George Washington University, 2008 (with Highest Honors, Order of the Coif)
- A.B., Duke University, 2004
Admissions
- District of Columbia
- New York
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
- U.S. District Court, District of Maryland
Government Service
- Law Clerk, Hon. Deborah K. Chasanow, U.S. District Court, District of Maryland