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CFPB Cracks Down on Mortgage Servicers, Alleging Harmful Practices Against Older Homeowners

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On June 18, the CFPB settled enforcement actions against two mortgage servicers who serviced reverse mortgages on behalf of HUD, for their systemic failure to respond to consumer requests for assistance, resulting in...more

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UK Financial Conduct Authority Publishes Mortgage Charter Uptake Data

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The Financial Conduct Authority has published a new webpage on Mortgage Charter Uptake data. The webpage sets out the latest uptake data from firms who have signed the Government's Mortgage Charter. The Charter was introduced...more

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Fourth Circuit Rules That a Mortgage Servicer Can Be Liable for FDCPA Violations Even if Not Subject to the FDCPA

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Putative class action plaintiffs recently prevailed on appeal in a case involving mortgage servicing fees charged to Maryland borrowers. In doing so, the opinion opens the door for FDCPA liability for all mortgage servicing...more

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Wiley Consumer Protection Download (December 13, 2021)

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Thank you for your interest in the Wiley Consumer Protection Download! This will be our last publication of 2021, with our bi-weekly newsletter returning in January 2022. Welcome to Wiley’s update on recent developments...more

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Consumer Lending Laws May Be A Trap For Even The Wary

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It is no surprise to anyone involved in consumer lending that laws designed to protect consumers from inception of the loan relationship through collection of the loan following default vary greatly from state to state and...more

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Consumer Law Hinsights – July 2020

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Welcome to Consumer Law Hinsights?a monthly compilation of nationwide consumer protection cases of interest to financial services and accounts receivable management companies. This edition highlights our interactive COVID-19...more

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Real Property, Financial Services, & Title Insurance Update: Week Ending April 17, 2020

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Real Property Update - Foreclosure / Redemption / Intervention: Claim for right of redemption procedurally barred once certificate of title issued; party failed to appeal earlier order denying right to intervene in...more

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Seventh Circuit Agrees With Mayer Brown Amicus Brief That $3 Million Punitive Damages Award Was Unconstitutionally Excessive

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Last summer, my colleague C.J. Summers and I posted a report about Saccameno v. U.S. Bank National Association, a Seventh Circuit case in which we had filed an amicus brief on behalf of the Chamber of Commerce of the United...more

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La Norma Blocca Aste: Sospensione Delle Procedure Esecutive Intraprese Da Banche O Da Veicoli Di Cartolarizzazione A Tutela Del...

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Il Decreto Legge 26 ottobre 2019 n. 124 (“Decreto Fiscale”), pubblicato nella Gazzetta Ufficiale n. 252, del 26 ottobre 2019 e, convertito in Legge n. 157, del 19 dicembre 2019, ha introdotto all’art. 41-bis la c.d. norma...more

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Real Property, Financial Services, & Title Insurance Update: Week Ending November 22, 2019

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Real Property Update - Foreclosure / Rehearing: Order denying rehearing on summary judgment motion and denying continuance affirmed where (1) affidavit in support of rehearing failed to disclose any genuine issue of...more

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Potential Issues for Warehouse Providers with Electronic Mortgage Notes

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Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the “GSEs”), working together with Mortgage Electronic Registry Systems (“MERS”), have been promoting the use of electronic mortgage notes (“eNotes”) in the residential mortgage industry. MERS,...more

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Mayer Brown Submits Amicus Brief For Chamber Of Commerce In Seventh Circuit Appeal Involving Proper Application Of Punitive...

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Although the Supreme Court identified three guideposts for evaluating whether a punitive award is unconstitutionally excessive 23 years ago in BMW v. Gore and refined those guideposts 16 years ago in State Farm v. Campbell,...more

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Consumer financial services: The road ahead: Mortgage origination and servicing

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In 2018, the CFPB issued multiple rules, and Congress passed legislation, to clarify, revise and update the regulatory framework applicable to the home mortgage origination and servicing market....more

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What Bank Litigators Want Banks to Know About the State of Consumer Protection Litigation in W.Va.

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For decades, consumer protection has led to copious amounts of litigation in West Virginia. In the past several years, the types of lawsuits filed under the debt collection provisions of the West Virginia Consumer Credit and...more

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CFPB issues Summer 2018 Supervisory Highlights

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The CFPB’s newly-released Summer 2018 edition of Supervisory Highlights represents the CFPB’s first Supervisory Highlights report covering supervisory activities conducted under Acting Director Mick Mulvaney’s leadership. ...more

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Corporate Insurance Newsletter – July 2018

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The Hogan Lovells’ Corporate Insurance Newsletter for July has been published. This provides a round-up of UK, EU and international regulatory developments relevant to UK based insurance market participants. ...more

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2018 West Virginia Legislative Session, the WVCCPA and the West Virginia Safe Mortgage Licensing Act

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The 2018 West Virginia legislative session was a busy one regarding consumer finance law. Legislators focused on the West Virginia Consumer Credit and Protection Act and the West Virginia Safe Mortgage Licensing Act. The West...more

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Nevada Enacts Multiple Laws Affecting Consumer Finance

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Nevada is rolling out a slate of legislation affecting consumer finance, including a measure to protect consumers’ privacy online and programs aimed at mitigating their risk of foreclosure. Here is a list of measures recently...more

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