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Increased Industry Attention on RESPA Section 8: Escue v. United Wholesale Mortgage, LLC

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On April 2, 2024, a putative class action was brought against United Wholesale Mortgage (UWM) alleging, among other claims, violations of Section 8(a) of the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA). The lawsuit contains...more

Hudson Cook, LLP

CFPB Bites of the Month - 2023 Annual Review - Mortgage

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In this article, we share a timeline of our monthly "bites" for 2023 applicable to mortgage along with some additional related information. ...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

RESPA Revival: CFPB Sets Their Sights on Illegal Kickbacks

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After a brief respite, Section 8 of the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA) is back on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB’s) enforcement radar. On August 17, 2023, the CFPB issued two parallel consent...more

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CFPB Enters into Consent Orders with Mortgage Loan Originator and Real Estate Brokerage Firm for Illegal Kickbacks

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On August 17, 2023, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced that it had taken action against a residential mortgage loan originator that provided illegal incentives to real estate brokers and agents in...more

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CFPB Fines Residential Mortgage Loan Originator $1.75 Million for Kickbacks Involving Referrals to Originator by Brokers

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The Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act prohibits mortgage loan originators from offering incentives to other companies in exchange for referring homebuyers to them for mortgage loans. The Bureau alleged that the...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

CFPB Brings RESPA Reminder To Mortgage Comparison Sites

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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ended a more than decadelong hiatus since the last formal guidance regarding Section 8 of the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act on Feb. 7 by issuing its advisory opinion aimed at...more

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RESPA Sec. 8(a): How is an Unnecessarily High Settlement Cost Different from an Overcharge?

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In Brasko v. Howard Bank, 2022 WL 951771 (D. Md. Mar. 29, 2022), a district court recently certified a subclass of residential mortgage borrowers who alleged that First Mariner Bank, a predecessor of Howard Bank, violated...more

Carlton Fields

Third Circuit Holds That Statute of Limitations Was Not Extended for Class Action Lawsuit

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In 2005 and 2006, Christopher Blake and James Orkis took out mortgages from JP Morgan to buy homes. Then in 2013, they filed a class action against JP Morgan under the Real Estate Settlement and Procedures Act (RESPA),...more

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Dismissal Of Forced-Placed Insurance Cases Pursuant To Filed-Rate Doctrine Upheld By Eleventh Circuit

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Borrowers’ complaints alleging their mortgage servicers breached loan contracts and the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing by charging “inflated amounts” for “force-placed” or “lender-placed” insurance and...more

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Your Daily Dose of Financial News

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The US House included the revised Volcker Rule that we’ve discussed in a broader package of Dodd-Frank reforms that it passed with bipartisan support last night. The bill—ostensibly aimed at easing restrictions on small to...more

K&L Gates LLP

Saved by the En Banc: CFPB Appears Here To Stay

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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB” or “Bureau”) has been an agency under fire. Acting Director Mick Mulvaney has begun to institute significant changes at the Bureau. And last year, a panel of the D.C. Circuit...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Just Before the Super Bowl, the D.C. Circuit in PHH Mortgage gives Industry a Field Goal, Withholds Touchdown

Following nearly three years of litigation, the D.C. Circuit handed down a 7 to 3 ruling in PHH Corp. v. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. The two hundred fifty page opinion addressed not only the constitutional...more

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CFPB Loses Another RESPA Case

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A federal district court recently ruled against the CFPB in a long-standing case under the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA) involving a Louisville, Kentucky law firm Borders & Borders, PLC (Borders). In the...more

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Pennsylvania Federal Court Finds Continuing Violations Doctrine Applicable To RESPA Claims

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A Pennsylvania federal court applied the continuing violations theory to RESPA’s one-year statute of limitations, and allowed Plaintiffs leave to amend their complaint to modify their RESPA claim....more

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CFPB Fines Lender and Real Estate Brokers for Improper Kickback Scheme

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On Jan. 31, 2017, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) filed consent orders against one of the largest independent residential mortgage lenders, two real estate brokers and a mortgage servicer for their roles in an...more

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Court Tosses Time-Barred Rico Claims Alleging Captive Reinsurance Kickback Scheme

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Plaintiffs asserted class claims for RICO violations based on allegations that Bank of America referred borrowers to private mortgage insurance providers in exchange for kickbacks, funneled through a captive reinsurance...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Ten Questions and Nine Answers about PHH and the Future of the CFPB Director

The potentially explosive combination of the D.C. Circuit’s October decision in PHH v. CFPB and the outcome of the presidential election has spurred a host of questions about how the PHH litigation may proceed and about the...more

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Consumer Financial Services Newsletter - November 2016

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D.C. Circuit Delivers First Blow to CFPB, Trump Win Delivers Second - The future of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is up for grabs following a landmark Court of Appeals Decision, PHH Corporation v....more

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US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit Declares Structure of the US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Unconstitutional

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The US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit declared the structure of the US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau unconstitutional, stating that the “massive, unchecked power” exercised by its director, Richard Cordray, lacks...more

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Recent Settlements Demonstrate the Reach and Versatility of the FCA

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In recent years, civil enforcement efforts involving the FCA have grown significantly. Today, the FCA impacts a vast array of businesses, as it is commonly used to redress false claims for government funds involving...more

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CFPB Deputy Enforcement Director mum on whether CFPB will seek further review of PHH decision

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During the “Developments at the CFPB” panel this morning at the Pennsylvania Bar Institute Consumer Financial Services & Banking Law Update program in Philadelphia, Jeffrey Ehrlich, the CFPB’s Deputy Enforcement Director,...more

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What the D.C. Circuit’s PHH decision means for CFPB rulemaking

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In its decision last week in PHH Corporation v. CFPB, the D.C. Circuit ruled that the CFPB’s single-director-removable-only-for-cause structure is unconstitutional. While the D.C. Circuit (in footnote 19) noted that it “need...more

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D.C. Circuit Holds Structure of CFPB Unconstitutional, Vacates $109 Million Fine Arising out of Mortgage Lender’s “Captive...

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On Tuesday the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals issued what is already being touted as a landmark ruling in PHH Corp. v. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, No. 15-1177, 2016 WL 5898801 (D.C. Cir. Oct. 11, 2016), holding in a...more

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CFPB Hit by Major Setback in D.C. Circuit

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In a decision eagerly awaited by the financial services industry, the D.C. Circuit this week handed the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) a major defeat, throwing out a mortgage lender’s $109 million disgorgement...more

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D.C. Circuit Rules CFPB’s Structure Unconstitutional

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In a news-making decision with significant political implications, but probably limited near-term business or legal effects, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit held on Tuesday, October 11,...more

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