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Rogers Towers: Debts Non-Dischargeable When Use of Proceeds Intentionally Misrepresented

by Scott St. Amand, J. Ellsworth Summers, Jr. | Rogers Towers on 4/16/2013

When an individual obtains a loan with no intention of repaying the lender, it is well established that such a debt is not dischargeable in bankruptcy. If, however, a debtor does not misrepresent its intent to repay the...more

Federal Government Civil Fraud Suit Targets Mortgage Lender And Its President

by BuckleySandler LLP on 4/15/2013

On April 4, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York and HUD officials announced a civil fraud suit alleging FCA and FIRREA claims against a mortgage lender and its president for falsely certifying loans and...more

New California Supreme Court Case Opens Door to Attacks on Contracts

by Hopkins & Carley on 3/19/2013

For the past 70 years, California courts have held that a party is barred from claiming fraud based on an alleged oral misrepresentation that directly contradicts the express terms of a written agreement. This rule had long...more

Lenders Beware - Oral Statements may Trump Written Agreements

by Kristy Young | Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 3/15/2013

The California Supreme Court recently held that a borrower may rely upon oral promises to support a fraud claim against its lender even when such oral promises contradict the written agreement....more

FTC Releases 2012 Annual Report of Consumer Complaints

by Rebecca R. Hanson | Foley & Lardner LLP on 3/13/2013

Consumer complaints are playing a big role in the federal government’s identification of and investigations into violations of consumer protection laws. The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) recently released its 2012 annual...more

FTC Databook Highlights Consumer Fraud

by Michael von Ansbach-Young | BakerHostetler on 3/8/2013

The FTC last week announced the release of the Consumer Sentinel Network Databook for January – December 2012. The “Consumer Sentinel Network” is the FTC’s platform for law enforcement collaboration on issues affecting...more

Don't Panic - The Fall of Pendergrass and Restoring the Full Fraud Exception to the Parol Evidence Rule May Not Be as Bad as You...

by Michael Walsh | Sedgwick LLP on 2/27/2013

In Riverisland Cold Storage, Inc., v. Fresno-Madera Prod. Credit Ass., S190581, the unanimous California Supreme Court recently overturned the widely criticized Pendergrass rule, thus restoring the full breadth of the fraud...more

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Rogers Towers: Debts Non-Dischargeable When Use of Proceeds Intentionally Misrepresented

Federal Government Civil Fraud Suit Targets Mortgage Lender And Its President

New California Supreme Court Case Opens Door to Attacks on Contracts

Lenders Beware - Oral Statements may Trump Written Agreements

FTC Releases 2012 Annual Report of Consumer Complaints

FTC Databook Highlights Consumer Fraud

Don't Panic - The Fall of Pendergrass and Restoring the Full Fraud Exception to the Parol Evidence Rule May Not Be as Bad as You...

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

Promises to Keep—Lender Beware: California Supreme Court Expands Parol Evidence Fraud Exception

California Supreme Court Eliminates Lender Defense to Borrower Fraud Claims

Wrongful Foreclosure - A Guide to Foreclosure Fraud

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