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Class Action Mortgage Servicers Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act

A class action is a type of legal action where a representative individual or group of individuals can bring a claim on behalf of a larger group or class who share a common legal interest.
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

District court grants summary judgment to mortgage servicer in payoff statement fee case

On August 22, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington granted summary judgment in favor of a defendant mortgage servicer in a class action lawsuit challenging fees charged for expedited delivery of...more

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Court Denies Motion For Interlocutory Appeal In Alleged Insurance Kickback Scheme

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We have previously reported on a case styled Munoz v. PHH Corp., one of similar suits alleging putative class actions under the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act arising from purported “sham” reinsurance transfers...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Second Circuit: Transfer of Mortgage Servicing Rights Triggers FDCPA Disclosure Requirement

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A federal appeals court has ruled that a nonbank mortgage servicer’s notice of servicing rights transfer sent pursuant to RESPA constitutes debt collection and thus triggers mandatory FDCPA disclosures. The Second Circuit...more

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Court Denies Motions To Dismiss Putative Class Action Alleging Unlawful Reinsurance Arrangement

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A federal court in Pennsylvania denied defendants’ motion to dismiss in a putative class action based on purported mortgage services fraud. Defendants Fifth Third Bank, Fifth Third Mortgage Company, Fifth Third Mortgage...more

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