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Orrick's Financial Industry Week In Review - March 4, 2013

by Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 3/4/2013

In This Issue: *Financial Industry Developments - Amendments to Fed and OCC Foreclosure Consent Orders - Fed Proposed Rule on Systemically Important Financial Market Utilities - Rating Agency...more

California Supreme Court Eases Admissibility of Oral Statements in Contract Fraud Disputes

by Melissa Lor | Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis LLP on 2/22/2013

California, like most jurisdictions, prohibits parties to integrated contracts from introducing “parol evidence” — this is, evidence of prior written or verbal agreements made by a party to a contract — if those alleged...more

California Supreme Court Broadens Borrower Fraud Defense to Written Loan Agreements

by Peter Isola, Harvey Schochet | Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 1/21/2013

The California Supreme Court handed down a unanimous decision earlier this week, broadening the scope of the “fraud exception” to the parol evidence rule, to allow a plaintiff challenging the terms of a written agreement to...more

Orrick's Financial Industry Week in Review - January 14, 2013

by Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 1/18/2013

In This Issue: - Financial Industry Developments •CFPB Rules on Ability-to-Repay and Qualified Mortgages •Independent Foreclosure Review Settlement •CFPB Final Rules on High-Cost Mortgages •Rating Agency...more

Federal Reserve Announces Another Major Cash Settlement with Mortgage Servicers: $8.5 Billion to be Paid in Cash, Used to Help...

by Rosa Eckstein Schechter on 1/15/2013

In a joint press release issued by the Federal Reserve and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, news this past week is that 10 mortgage servicers around the country have entered into a settlement agreement with the...more

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Orrick's Financial Industry Week In Review - March 4, 2013

California Supreme Court Eases Admissibility of Oral Statements in Contract Fraud Disputes

California Supreme Court Broadens Borrower Fraud Defense to Written Loan Agreements

Orrick's Financial Industry Week in Review - January 14, 2013

Federal Reserve Announces Another Major Cash Settlement with Mortgage Servicers: $8.5 Billion to be Paid in Cash, Used to Help...

Mortgage Foreclosure Settlement

North Carolina Court of Appeals Allows Borrower to Take Breach of Fiduciary Duty Claims Against Lender to a Jury

Action Plans for Residential Mortgage Servicing and Foreclosure Deficiencies

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