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Sixth Circuit Holds That Mortgage Foreclosures Are Debt Collections Under The FDCPA

On January 14, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit held that mortgage foreclosures are debt collections under the FDCPA. Glazer v. Chase Home Finance LLC, No. 10-3416, 2013 WL 141699 (6th Cir. Jan. 14, 2013). The...more

What’s In A Name: In California, Borrowers May Be Liable For Purely Innocent “Bad Faith” Waste

The phrase “bad faith” has been defined as, “intention to deceive; treachery or dishonesty”. When most attorneys hear the phrase “bad faith,” they think of tort claims against insurance companies (“bad faith litigation”) or...more

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

In what may be a first for a North Carolina appellate court, the North Carolina Court of Appeals has reversed the entry of summary judgment for a lender on a borrower’s breach of fiduciary claim. In Dallaire v. Bank of...more