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James Brody

James Brody

Founding & Managing Partner, BRODY | GAPP LLP

BRODY | GAPP LLP is a national mortgage banking compliance, litigation, and technology law firm representing independent mortgage banks, depositories, credit unions, mortgage brokers, and fintechs in regulatory compliance, repurchase and make-whole defense, mortgage fraud investigation and recovery, employment and business tort litigation, and strategic transactions. The firm is headquartered in Irvine, California, with a fully remote national practice.

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Marketing AI Is Where The Fair-Housing Bodies Are Buried

The industry is auditing the wrong half of the lending stack

Jun 15, 2026
The GLBA Compliance Gap Your AI Deployment Just Opened

Old statutes, new models, and the vendor contract you signed before machine learning became operational

AI Vendor Audits: Why Lenders Need Them And What They Should Cover

New GSE rules are pushing mortgage lenders to conduct deeper audits of vendor AI systems beyond traditional SOC 2 reviews

AI Governance In Mortgage Banking: Moving From Policy Discussion To Regulatory Reality

As regulatory scrutiny intensifies, lenders must prove AI systems are transparent, compliant, and defensible across the mortgage lifecycle