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Amici Argue for Narrow Interpretation of National Bank Act Preemption

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A group of non-profit consumer advocacy organizations, the Conference of State Bank Supervisors, and the American Association of Residential Mortgage Regulators filed two separate briefs asking the U.S. Supreme Court to...more

Carlton Fields

Real Property & Title Insurance Update: Week Ending May 19 & 26, 2017

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Real Property Update - Foreclosure/Standing/Lost Note: if plaintiff did not have right to enforce note when lost, plaintiff should present evidence of assignment from payee to plaintiff or affidavit of ownership - ...more

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Real Property & Title Insurance Update: Weeks Ending November 18 & 25, 2016

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REAL PROPERTY UPDATE - Settlement/Waiver: borrowers permitted to raise affirmative defenses and counterclaims against lender where subject Loan Modification Agreement failed to include waiver of claims, affirmative...more

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Appellate Court Holds HUD Regulations Don’t Provide Private Right of Action Unless Incorporated into Written Agreement

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A federal appeals court recently decided that a plaintiff could not assert a claim against the issuer of a reverse mortgage for breach of regulations issued by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), when...more

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Orrick's Financial Industry Week In Review

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Agencies Issue Proposal on Method to Adjust Threshold for Exempting Small Loans from Special Appraisal Requirements - On July 22, 2016, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the Federal Reserve Board and the Office...more

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I Meant it at the Time: Second Circuit Reverses $1.2BN FIRREA Judgment

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It’s hornbook law that a later intentional breach of contract, alone, doesn’t equal promissory fraud. Holding it therefore cannot establish mail or wire fraud, the Second Circuit reversed the Government’s $1.2 Billion FIRREA...more

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Real Property, Financial Services & Title Insurance Update: Week Ending October 16, 2015

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REAL PROPERTY UPDATE - - Foreclosure/Standing: although bank established it had possession of note prior to commencement of action, bank did not demonstrate when blank endorsement was placed on note, nor did it prove it...more

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$600 Million RMBS Repurchase Suit Against J.P. Morgan Dismissed

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On September 18, 2015, Justice Shirley Kornreich of the Supreme Court of the State of New York dismissed a $600 million suit brought by Bank of New York Mellon, as securitization trustee (“BNYM”), against WLM Mortgage, LLC,...more

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Judge Cote Grants Partial Summary Judgment in RMBS Suit

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On July 10, 2015, Judge Denise Cote of the Southern District of New York granted partial summary judgment in favor of defendants WMC Mortgage LLC and GE Mortgage Holding LLC in an action filed by Trustee Bank of New York...more

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