Organization:MetLife Inc. v. Financial Stability Oversight Council

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MetLife Inc. v. Financial Stability Oversight Council
United States District Court for the District of Columbia
Full case nameMetLife Inc. v. Financial Stability Oversight Council
Docket nos.1:15-cv-00045
Citations177 F. Supp. 3d 219
Judge sittingRosemary M. Collyer
Case history
Subsequent actionsMotion to unseal denied, 2016 WL 3024015 (D.D.C. May 25, 2016); reversed and remanded, 865 F.3d 661 (D.C. Cir. 2017).

MetLife Inc. v. Financial Stability Oversight Council, 177 F. Supp. 3d 219 (D.D.C. 2016), is a case that challenged the systemically important financial institution, or SIFI rules in Dodd-Frank. U.S. District Judge Rosemary Collyer ruled that MetLife could shed its SIFI designation, after concluding Financial Stability Oversight Council, or FSOC's designation was "arbitrary and capricious".[1][2][3] FSOC subsequently launched an appeal but decided to settle the case in January 2018 during the Trump administration, ensuring that MetLife would not face stricter rules.[4] This had the effect of releasing nearly all non-bank SIFI organizations that were under Dodd-Frank at the time, prior to the deregulation of Prudential Financial.[5]

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