To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: On January 5, 2021, the Attorneys General of New York, California, Colorado, the District of Columbia, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey and North Carolina (collectively, the “States”) sued the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (the “OCC”), alleging that its “true lender” rule (the “True Lender Rule”) is invalid. 1 The suit represents the first legal challenge to the True Lender Rule, which became effective on December 29, 2020. 2 Background of the True Lender Rule On June 2, 2020, the OCC published its final rule clarifying that an assignee of a national bank has the right to collect interest at the same rate as the national bank on loans made by the national bank.