For the last several years, the City of Chicago has rapidly expanded the scope of regulations on lenders and mortgage servicers doing business in the City. If recent developments are any indication, the City Council’s...more
Recently, in a rare display of bipartisanship, the Illinois House and Senate passed—almost unanimously—an amendment to the Illinois Residential Mortgage License Act, 205 ILCS 635/1-1 et al. (IRMLA). On July 23, 2015, Governor...more
In LVNV Funding, LLC v. Trice, 2015 IL 116129, the Illinois Supreme Court recently held that only the absence of personal or subject matter jurisdiction renders a circuit court’s judgment void. Thus, a judgment entered with...more
In JPMorgan Chase, N.A. v. Ontiveros, 2015 IL App (2d) 140145-U, the Illinois Appellate Court for the Second District recently clarified the difference between a void contract and a void judgment, thereby limiting the...more