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Third, Fifth Circuits Weigh In on Standing—With Different Results

Two different federal appellate panels recently reached diverging conclusions on the question of whether a single phone call or a single text provides a sufficient injury in fact for an individual to establish standing to sue...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Third Circuit Affirms Summary Judgment for TCPA Defendant for Lack of Harm

On May 19, 2021, the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit unanimously affirmed a district court’s decision granting summary judgment for Bank of America in a Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”) class...more

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Set Back For “Set Up” Claims: Court Holds Serial-Plaintiff Lacks Standing to Pursue TCPA Claim

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Serial-litigant Mark Leyse was handed a well-deserved defeat after a decade long crusade against Bank of America (“BOA”) for alleged violations of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”). Leyse v. Bank of Am., N.A.,...more

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Court Nixes Hired Investigator’s Telephone Consumer Protection Act Claim for Lack of Standing

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While the TCPA often feels limitless in its scope, one New Jersey District Court recently dismissed a putative class action brought by an investigator hired by an attorney to prepare potential TCPA claims....more

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Real Property, Financial Services, & Title Insurance Update: Week Ending January 3, 2020

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Real Property Update - Quiet Title: Trial court abused discretion by entering final judgment quieting title when jury did not determine (1) whether plaintiffs were entitled to legal or equitable title or (2) which deed was...more

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Real Property, Financial Services, & Title Insurance Update: Week Ending November 16, 2018

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Real Property Update - Derivative v. Direct Action / Standing: individual member of LLC not entitled to sue title company for breach of fiduciary duty because right to sue belonged to LLC, where LLC suffered the direct...more

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Real Property, Financial Services, & Title Insurance Update: Week Ending May 11, 2018

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REAL PROPERTY UPDATE - Summary Judgment: incorporation of an affirmative defense by referencing “previously filed pleadings” does not obviate movant’s obligation to comply with particularity requirements mandated by rule...more

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Real Property & Title Insurance Update: Week Ending September 1, 2017

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REAL PROPERTY UPDATE - Foreclosure / Statute of Limitations: trial court improperly found that, because payments due under a note and mortgage were accelerated in a prior 2009 action, the second action filed over five...more

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Real Property & Title Insurance Update: Week Ending August 18 & 25, 2017

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Foreclosure: general reservation of jurisdiction in a foreclosure judgment is very limited, and certainly does not give trial court jurisdiction to eliminate a lien more than three years after Final Judgment of Foreclosure...more

Partridge Snow & Hahn LLP

Lending Industry Take Note: U.S. Supreme Court Rules on Scope of Right to Sue Under Federal Fair Housing Act

A city’s lawsuit against various banks under the federal Fair Housing Act (“FHA”) to recover property tax revenues allegedly lost due to discriminatory lending practices has survived . . . for now. In a recent decision, the...more

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Supreme Court Holds That Cities Have Standing to Sue for Fair Housing Act Violations

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On Monday, in Bank of America Corp. et al. v. City of Miami, Florida, the Supreme Court held in a 5-3 decision that the City of Miami had standing to challenge alleged violations of the Fair Housing Act by lenders. 581 U.S....more

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Real Property & Title Insurance Update: Weeks Ending December 2 & 9, 2016

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REAL PROPERTY UPDATE - Deficiency/Subject Matter Jurisdiction: approving the 3d DCA’s opinion that an assignee of a foreclosure judgment can maintain a separate action for deficiency under Florida Statutes, Section...more

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Real Property & Title Insurance Update: Weeks Ending November 4 & 11, 2016

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REAL PROPERTY UPDATE - Foreclosure/Constitutional Challenge: record title owner’s argument that Florida Statutes section 702.035, governing “Legal notice concerning foreclosure proceedings,” is an unconstitutional...more

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Real Property & Title Insurance Update: Week Ending August 19 & 26, 2016

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Real Property Update: - Lis Pendens/Subsequent Liens: lis pendens statute only serves to discharge liens that exist or arise prior to entry of foreclosure judgment but does not affect liens that arise after entry of...more

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Banks Appeal Fair Housing Act Case to Supreme Court

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In September 2015, the Eleventh Circuit ruled that the City of Miami had sufficient standing to sue Bank of America and Wells Fargo over lending practices that were alleged to be racially discriminatory. On June 28, 2016,...more

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