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District Court decides in favor of bank despite alleged FDCPA and RESPA violations

On February 15, the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California granted a bank defendant’s motion to dismiss certain claims presented in the plaintiff’s complaint alleging violations of the Fair Debt Collection...more

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CFPB Bites of the Month - February 2023 - "Every Compliance Rose Has Its Thorns"

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In this month's article, we share some of our top "bites" for the prior month covered during the February webinar....more

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Recent CFPB interpretation of Regulation Z’s scope may hinder the collectability of HELOC loans

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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) on November 30, 2022, filed an amicus brief in the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, arguing that the United States District Court for the District of...more

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CFPB Bites of the Month - August Top 10

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So what happened at the CFPB in the past month? Bite #10 - The CFPB celebrated 10 years. On July 19, Americans for Financial Reform (AFR) invited CFPB Acting Director Dave Uejio to speak at a celebration of the...more

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Consumer Law Hinsights – December 2020

Consumer Law Hinsights is a monthly compilation of nationwide consumer protection cases of interest to financial services and accounts receivable management companies. Eleventh Circuit Affirms Summary Judgment Win in TCPA...more

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CFPB Bites of the Month - October Top 10

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Each month, we host a 30-minute webinar outlining the month's key announcements and takeaways from the CFPB to be considered by financial services providers. In this first article in the series, we share our top "bites"...more

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CFPB’s Escrow Interpretation Is Causing Confusion Amongst Servicers and Is Likely to Harm Consumers

In a surprising move to many, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) recently put the mortgage servicing industry on notice that including certain options for repayment of a shortage in an escrow account statement...more

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Real Property, Financial Services, & Title Insurance Update: Week Ending October 4, 2019

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Real Property Update - Foreclosure / Bankruptcy / Surrender: borrower cannot challenge judgment of foreclosure entered upon judicial notice of his statement of intention to surrender the property and order of discharge...more

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Financial Services & Title Insurance Update: Week Ending October 11, 2019

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Financial Services Update - Title Insurance Coverage: where an accurate survey would have shown that seller had abandoned access and parking easement, which had been built upon by a neighbor, title insurer had no duty to...more

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Real Property, Financial Services, & Title Insurance Update: Week Ending June 28, 2019

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Real Property Update - Foreclosure / Res Judicata: res judicata did not apply where later foreclosure action was based on different period of default than the prior action on same loan - Bullock v. Bayview Loan Servicing,...more

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Real Property & Financial Services Update: Week Ending June 14, 2019

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Real Property Update - Foreclosure / Business Records / Hearsay: trial court abused its discretion in excluding collection notes into evidence where witness sufficiently laid predicate for admissibility of these records -...more

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Real Property, Financial Services, & Title Insurance Update: Week Ending April 26, 2019

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Real Property Update - • Foreclosure / Reverse Mortgage / Condition Precedent: bank failed to establish that the subject property was not the principal residence of surviving co-borrower under its reverse mortgage, a...more

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Financial Services Update - April Part 1

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Financial Services Update - • TCPA: plaintiff's putative TCPA class action arose from post-agreement conduct that did not fall within scope of contract's arbitration agreement - Getz v. DirecTV, LLC, 359 F. Supp. 3d 1222...more

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Part II: Navigating the Maze of Servicing Discharged Debt

Welcome to Part II of our series on the servicing of discharged mortgage debt (catch up on Part I). This part will discuss communications to discharged borrowers and evaluate various disclaimers that can be utilized. The...more

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

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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Real Property, Financial Services, & Title Insurance Update: Weeks Ending August 10 & 17, 2018

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REAL PROPERTY UPDATE - Foreclosure/Loan Modification: foreclosing plaintiff was required to allege and prove default of loan modification agreement after trial court found the loan modification to be the operative...more

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Real Property, Financial Services, & Title Insurance Update: Weeks Ending April 6 & 13, 2018

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REAL PROPERTY UPDATE - Lis Pendens: lawsuit to foreclose mortgage on real property is an action "founded on a duly recorded instrument" - National American Home, LLC v Deutsche Bank Nat. Trust Co., Case No. 4D17-2614 (Fla....more

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Real Property, Financial Services, & Title Insurance Update: Weeks Ending November 17 & 24, 2017

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REAL PROPERTY UPDATE - Receiver/Barton Doctrine: individual could not bring negligence action against discharged receiver of commercial property until individual first obtained leave to do so from the court that appointed...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

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Consumer Financial Services Newsletter - February 2017

Seventh Circuit Finds Bank's Response to RESPA Request "Almost Perfect" - Perron v. J.P. Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., Case No. 15-cv-2206 (7th Cir. 2017) - The United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit...more

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CFPB Supervisory Highlights – January 2016 to April 2016

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On June 30, 2016, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) released the twelfth edition of its Supervisory Highlights report (“Report”), which focused on supervision work completed between January and April 2016. The...more

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CFPB touts initiatives in “fact sheets”

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To commemorate its fifth anniversary, the CFPB released a series of “fact sheets” touting its initiatives. The “fact sheets” consist of the following: CFPB: By the numbers. The CFPB lists various statistics, such as...more

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CFPB issues Summer 2016 Supervisory Highlights

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In its Summer 2016 Supervisory Highlights, which covers supervision work generally completed between January and April 2016, the CFPB highlights violations found by its examiners involving automobile origination, debt...more

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CFPB Publishes Spring 2016 Regulatory Agenda

On June 9, 2016, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released its semi-annual regulatory agenda for Spring 2016. The agenda identifies the CFPB’s priorities through April 2017. While it does not include any major...more

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Financial Services Report, Summer 2016

BELTWAY - Every Last Penny Counts - Five federal banking agencies issued a Supervisory Bulletin titled “Interagency Guidance Regarding Deposit Reconciliation Practices” (the “Guidance”). The Guidance outlines...more

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