Millions of homeowners have signed up for a forbearance under the CARES Act, which gives homeowners with a federally-backed mortgage loan the right to obtain a temporary reduction or suspension of mortgage payments by way of...more
10/12/2021
/ CARES Act ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Failure To Disclose ,
Fair Lending ,
Fannie Mae ,
Forbearance Agreements ,
Foreclosure ,
Homeowners ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Mortgages ,
PNC ,
Putative Class Actions ,
Relief Measures ,
RESPA ,
Statutory Violations ,
Truth in Lending Act (TILA) ,
Unfair or Deceptive Trade Practices
Two more university tuition refund cases were recently decided at the pleadings stage, with mixed results for the university defendants. The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York ruled in the matter of...more
Business interruption insurance claims keep coming, cutting across a broad array of industries. The entertainment and media sectors are certainly not immune from pandemic-related losses. Last month, ViacomCBS became the...more
2/24/2021
/ Breach of Contract ,
Business Interruption ,
Business Losses ,
CBS ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Covenant of Good Faith and Fair Dealing ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Insurance Claims ,
Policy Exclusions ,
Policy Terms ,
Viacom
COVID-19 class actions continue to increase and are expected to spread to additional areas of law. Higher education has been one of the prime subjects of class actions thus far. To date, over 250 class action lawsuits have...more
2/10/2021
/ Article III ,
Breach of Contract ,
Class Action ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Educational Institutions ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Refunds ,
Standing ,
Tuition ,
Universities ,
Unjust Enrichment