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NERA Report Highlights Current Trends In Failed Banking Institution Litigation

NEW YORK - Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC) insured bank failures have continued to mount "at an usually high rate since the beginning of 2008" and continued failures at the same rate over the next two years will push ensuing professional liability

Published Wed, Sep 29 2010 9:56 AM by LexisNexis® Financial Services Litigation News

Bank Of America Says Individual Actions Do Not Belong In HAMP MDL

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Bank of America N.A. and its loan servicing subsidiary BAC Home Loans Servicing LP say in their Aug. 30 brief in partial opposition to the creation of a multidistrict litigation for cases involving claims that they breached the terms

Published Wed, Sep 29 2010 9:56 AM by LexisNexis® Financial Services Litigation News

Credit Union Administration: No Proper Oversight Of Investments Conducted

LOS ANGELES - The National Credit Union Administration, as conservator for Western Corporate Federal Credit Union (WesCorp), sued the former officers and directors of a credit union on Aug. 31 in federal court, saying the defendants failed to properly

Published Wed, Sep 29 2010 9:56 AM by LexisNexis® Financial Services Litigation News

Tennessee Man Sues Oil Company Alleging Unlawful ATM Surcharge

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - A Shelby County, Tenn., man on Aug. 26 filed a class action lawsuit in Tennessee federal court alleging that BP Oil Inc. violated the Electronic Funds Transfer Act (EFTA) by failing to disclose a surcharge at an automated teller machine

Published Wed, Sep 29 2010 9:56 AM by LexisNexis® Financial Services Litigation News

ATM User: Bank Charged Illegal Fees For Withdrawals And Balance Inquiries

JACKSON, Miss. - A bank automatic teller machine (ATM) user sued Regions Bank in a Mississippi federal court on Aug. 25, alleging that the bank illegally charged fees for using its ATM in violation of federal law (Debra Miller v. Regions Bank, No. 10

Published Wed, Sep 29 2010 9:56 AM by LexisNexis® Financial Services Litigation News

Shareholder Sues Charles Schwab Over 'Deviations' From Investment Objectives

SAN FRANCISCO - A shareholder sued Charles Schwab & Co. Inc. and two other The Charles Schwab Corp. subsidiaries on Sept. 3 in a California federal court, alleging that the defendants "deviated" from Schwab's investment objective by investing in collateralized

Published Wed, Sep 29 2010 9:56 AM by LexisNexis® Financial Services Litigation News

Judge Asked To Determine Whether Securities Law Claims Were Properly Pleaded

NEW YORK - In briefs dated June 25 and Aug. 13 but not made available until Sept. 3, the lead plaintiff in a securities class action and derivative class action multidistrict litigation against an investment adviser and fund manager of The Reserve Primary

Published Wed, Sep 29 2010 9:56 AM by LexisNexis® Financial Services Litigation News

Borrowers: Wells Fargo Foreclosure-To-Modification Package A 'Sham'

SAN FRANCISCO - Borrowers filed an amended class action complaint in California federal court on Sept. 22, alleging that Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. and 100 John Doe defendants breached their contract with the borrowers and violated state law by engaging in

Published Wed, Sep 29 2010 9:56 AM by LexisNexis® Financial Services Litigation News

Federal Judge: Loan Not Discharged; Government's Nonpayment Action Valid

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal judge in California on Sept. 8 ruled that a debtor's student loan was nondischargeable and, therefore, that the U.S. government's claim for nonpayment was valid (United States of America v. Joseph J. DeKellis, No. 09-1852

Published Wed, Sep 29 2010 9:56 AM by LexisNexis® Financial Services Litigation News

Federal Judge: Lender Gave Proper Notice Of Impending Foreclosure

MINNEAPOLIS - A federal judge in Minnesota on Aug. 25 refused to grant a temporary restraining order to prevent foreclosure proceedings, finding that the mortgage lender being sued by the debtors had given proper notice (Brenda Nelson, et al. v. Faithful

Published Wed, Sep 29 2010 9:56 AM by LexisNexis® Financial Services Litigation News

Federal Judge: Trustee May Avoid Mortgage; Document Defective

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - A federal judge in Michigan on Aug. 25 ruled that a trustee could avoid a lender's mortgage on a debtor's property because the mortgage was defective under Michigan law (Wells Fargo Home Mortgage Co. v. Thomas C. Richardson [In Re

Published Wed, Sep 29 2010 9:56 AM by LexisNexis® Financial Services Litigation News

Wells Fargo Appeals After $203M Judgment In Overdraft Fee Case

SAN FRANCISCO - Wells Fargo on Sept. 8 filed a notice announcing that it will appeal a judge's $203 million award to consumers claiming that the bank's practice of manipulating transactions in an effort to maximize overdraft fees violated California's

Published Wed, Sep 29 2010 9:56 AM by LexisNexis® Financial Services Litigation News

Magistrate Judge: Debt Collector Violated Law; Consumer Entitled To Damages

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The sufficiency of a consumer's complaint against a debt collector and the fact that there is no reason to doubt the merits of her substantive claims, coupled with the debt collector's failure to respond to the lawsuit are proper

Published Wed, Sep 29 2010 9:56 AM by LexisNexis® Financial Services Litigation News

Judge Dismisses Borrower's Complaint Against Loan Servicer

BALTIMORE - Ruling that a borrower is not entitled to payment of the proceeds from a hazard insurance policy that was purchased by her loan servicer, a federal judge in Maryland on Sept. 1 dismissed the action (Olivia J. Morgan v. Litton Loan Servicing

Published Wed, Sep 29 2010 9:56 AM by LexisNexis® Financial Services Litigation News

Judge: Credit Union Failed To Properly Show It's Entitled To Summary Judgment

JOPLIN, Mo. - A credit union has failed to show that it is entitled to summary judgment on claims that it failed to properly provide notice of a default on an auto loan, a federal judge in Missouri held Aug. 24 in denying the credit union's motion (Cecil

Published Wed, Sep 29 2010 9:56 AM by LexisNexis® Financial Services Litigation News

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NERA Report Highlights Current Trends In Failed Banking Institution Litigation

Bank Of America Says Individual Actions Do Not Belong In HAMP MDL

Credit Union Administration: No Proper Oversight Of Investments Conducted

Tennessee Man Sues Oil Company Alleging Unlawful ATM Surcharge

ATM User: Bank Charged Illegal Fees For Withdrawals And Balance Inquiries

Shareholder Sues Charles Schwab Over 'Deviations' From Investment Objectives

Judge Asked To Determine Whether Securities Law Claims Were Properly Pleaded

Borrowers: Wells Fargo Foreclosure-To-Modification Package A 'Sham'

Federal Judge: Loan Not Discharged; Government's Nonpayment Action Valid

Federal Judge: Lender Gave Proper Notice Of Impending Foreclosure

Federal Judge: Trustee May Avoid Mortgage; Document Defective

Wells Fargo Appeals After $203M Judgment In Overdraft Fee Case

Magistrate Judge: Debt Collector Violated Law; Consumer Entitled To Damages

Judge Dismisses Borrower's Complaint Against Loan Servicer

Judge: Credit Union Failed To Properly Show It's Entitled To Summary Judgment