"Schumer Box" Disclosure Not "Clear And Conspicuous" As A Matter Of Law
$1000 Cap On Damages For TILA Violations
3rd Circuit Decision Holds That Captive Reinsurance Arrangements Violate Section 8(a) of RESPA
Absent Actual Knowledge Of An Inconsistency, Banks May Rely On Account Number Specified On An Incomi
AN ORAL AGREEMENT TO FOREGO BANKRUPTCY IN EXCHANGE FOR NEW REPAYMENT TERMS MAY REPLACE THE ORIGINAL
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Bank Had No Duty To Advise Business Charge Card Owner
Bank May Seek Attachment On Unsecured Guaranty Even If Principal Loan Is Secured
Bank Not Liable For Aiding And Abetting, Absent "Actual Knowledge Of The Underlying Wrong"
Bank Not Liable In Nigerian-Style Email Scam
Bank's Agreement To Accept Late Loan Payment Invalidates Trustee's Sale (Even If Trustee Was Unaware
Bank's Claim For Unjust Enrichment Barred By Three-Year Statute of Limitations
Bank's Failure To Deposit Interpleader Funds With Court Waives Claim For Attorney's Fees
Bank's Internal Suspicious Activity Reports Not Subject To Discovery
Banks Lose Important Foreclosure Case In Massachusetts High Court
Brokers - Thou Shalt Not Accept Payments From More Than One Source
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California Court Upholds Delaware Choice of Law Provision Prohibiting Class-Wide Arbitration
California Homeowner Bill of Rights: A New Mortgage Law For The New Year
California Passes New Electronic Discovery Act Effective Immediately
California Statute Regarding Convenience Checks Not Facially Preempted By Federal Law
California Supreme Court Strikes Down Oakland's Predatory Lending Ordinance
California UCC Supersedes Common Law In "Missing Indorsements" Case
Capital Purchase Program – Non-Public Financial Institutions
Capital Purchase Program – Publicly Traded Financial Institutions
Case Tests Validity of Class Action Waiver in Arbitration
CFPB Issues Consent Order To Taylor Homes Based On Sham Joint Venture Arrangement
CFPB Releases Exam Procedure Updates For TILA and RESPA
Claim For Wrongful Foreclosure At The Pleading Stage
CLAIM THAT LENDER VIOLATED UCL IN DISCLOSURES ON HUD-1 SETTLEMENT STATEMENT STATED A CLAIM AND WAS N
CLASS ACTION NOT PERMITTED TO ASSERT RESCISSION CLAIM UNDER TILA
Commissioner Of Corporation's Authority To Audit Is Granted By Federal Law
Consumer Cannot Challenge Credit Card Agreement Under Consumer Legal Remedies Act
Consumer's UCL Claim Based on Violation of OCC Disclosure Requirements Not Preempted
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Courts Remain Split on Availability of Class Actions for Rescission Under Truth in Lending Act
Credit Card Issuer Owes No Duty To Non-Obligor "Cardholder"
DELAWARE CHOICE OF LAW PROVISION BARRING CLASS WIDE ARBITRATION HELD UNCONSCIONABLE
Depository Bank Not Liable When Checks Were Deposited Into The Account Of A Related But Different Le
FCRA Completely Preempts California's CCRAA
FDIC Changes Deposit Insurance Rules For Mortgage Loan Securitizations
Federal Bank Agencies Publish Examples Of Information To Be Provided For Hybrid Mortgage Products
Federal District Court In 11th Circuit Expands Scope Of RESPA Section 8(B)
Federal Trade Commission And Federal Reserve Board Issue Proposed Rules On Risk-Based Pricing Notice
FHA Proposes Higher Net Worth Requirement For Lenders In Effort To Strengthen Risk Management
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House Financial Services Committee Votes to Suspend Use of New GFE and HUD-1
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HUD Audits Claim First Magnus Marketing And Volume-Based Incentive Arrangements Violated RESPA
HUD Delays Effective Date Of Builder Incentive Ban
Joint Venture Exception to the Usury Laws
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Lender Liability: Taking Stock in Uncertain Times
Loan "Qualification" vs. Loan "Affordability"
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Holds That Bad Foreclosure = Bad Title For Bona Fide Purchaser
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More Teeth For The Tender Rule
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Mortgage Lender Not “Financial Institution” for Federal Criminal Bank Fraud
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NATIONAL BANK ACT DOES NOT PREEMPT AGE DISCRIMINATION CLAIM UNDER STATE LAW
National Bank Is Citizen Of State In Which Its Main Office Is Located
New California Law Requires Additional Steps For Foreclosures
New FCA Rules Put Lenders and Brokers Directly in Their Gun Sights
New Los Angeles Ordinance Requires Banks And Lenders To Repair Vacant Residential Property
New Regulation Z Proposal Bans Yield Spread Premiums, Revamps Disclosure Requirements
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No Private Right of Action for Violation of Statutes Extending Notice Period for Foreclosures
Ohio Federal District Court Rules That HUD's Sham Joint Venture Guidelines Are Unconstitutional
Overcharge Does Not Violate Section 8(b) of RESPA
PAYMENT STREAMS STRIPPED FROM EQUIPMENT LEASES ARE "PAYMENT INTANGIBLES"
Preemption Debate Continues - Now In The Supreme Court
Preemption Not Dead: Servicers Of Student Loans Achieve Significant Victory
PREPAYMENT PENALTY CLAIM PREEMPTED BY HOLA
Presentation Of Letter Of Credit Within Seven Days
Rate "Lock In" Agreement Subject To Three-Day TILA Notice
Refinancing Does Not Bar TILA Claim Regarding Original Loan
Relief for Securitization Vehicles: Mortgage Modification under Foreclosure Prevention Programs
RESPA'S Required Use Rule Delayed
Second District Upholds "Reasonable" Liquidated Damages Provision In Standard Form Consumer Contract
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The California Court Of Appeal Narrowly Interprets The Perata Mortgage Relief Act
The California Court Of Appeals Weighs In On Option ARM Class Actions
The Grafton Case: Pre-dispute Jury Trial Waivers are Unenforceable
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Troubled Asset Relief Program
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Yield Spread Premium Irrelevant For Purposes of Predatory Lending Law
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