News & Analysis as of

Mortgages › Summary Judgment

The term "mortgage" typically refers to a mortgage loan.  A mortgage loan is a financing instrument where an individual or business borrows money to purchase property (usually real property) and... more +
The term "mortgage" typically refers to a mortgage loan.  A mortgage loan is a financing instrument where an individual or business borrows money to purchase property (usually real property) and uses that property as collateral for the loan. less -
Freiberger Haber LLP

The Appellate Division, Second Department, Holds that Banking Law 6-l is a Personal Defense that Can Only be asserted by the...

Freiberger Haber LLP on

By: Jonathan H. Freiberger As readers of this BLOG know, we frequently write about issues relating to mortgage foreclosure. We have also written numerous articles relating to the recently enacted FAPA... ...more

McGlinchey Stafford

Ohio Appeals Court Finds Credence to “Show Me the Note” Theory in Foreclosure

McGlinchey Stafford on

On June 21, 2024, the Ohio Second Appellate District reversed a trial court decision granting plaintiff summary judgment in a residential foreclosure action, finding that a competing lienholder’s discovery request for...more

Troutman Pepper

Ninth Circuit Affirms Summary Judgment Finding that Furnisher Conducted a Reasonable Investigation into Dispute

Troutman Pepper on

In an unpublished decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit recently affirmed the decision of a California district court finding that the furnisher conducted a reasonable investigation under the Fair Credit...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Navigating Desbrunes: Implications and the Case for Overturning

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on

In a less-than-thousand-word opinion, the Fourth District Court of Appeal of Florida put foreclosure cases across Florida in jeopardy. Namely, in all foreclosure cases in which a borrower is deceased, unless the legal...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

There’s No Going Back: The Finality of Mortgage Foreclosures

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP on

In New York, it is settled precedent that a judgment of foreclosure and sale is final as to all questions at issue between the parties. Thus, once a final judgment is entered, both parties have no recourse or ability to raise...more

Freiberger Haber LLP

Proper Evidentiary Support for Compliance with RPAPL 1304 Remains an Issue for Foreclosing Lenders

Freiberger Haber LLP on

Because there have been a number of appellate decisions interpreting RPAPL 1304, this Blog has written frequently on that topic. By way of background, and as previously noted in the Blog, RPAPL 1304 requires that at least...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Further Developments in Mezzanine Foreclosures

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP on

The New York State Supreme Court, New York County Commercial Division (the “Court”) decided in U.S. Bank, N.A. v. 342 Property LLC, on February 14, 2022, that a mezzanine lender that is not a party to loan documents that...more

McGlinchey Stafford

What Do I Need To Prove In Order To Enforce A Promissory Note?

McGlinchey Stafford on

Statute of Repose- Wilson v. Durrani, Slip Opinion No. 2020-Ohio-6827 In this appeal, the Supreme Court of Ohio reversed the lower court’s decision, determining that the plaintiffs’ claims were time-barred because Ohio’s...more

McGlinchey Stafford

Florida Real Property And Business Litigation Report, Volume 13, Issue 51

McGlinchey Stafford on

Digiport, Inc. v. Foram Development BFC, LLC, Case No. 3D18-1651 (Fla. 3d DCA 2020). The question of whether an idea constitutes a “trade secret” under the Florida Uniform Trade Secrets Act is typically a fact issue, and...more

Blank Rome LLP

New Jersey Supreme Court Confirms Assignee’s Right to Enforce Note Lost by Predecessor in Interest

Blank Rome LLP on

On July 1, 2020, the Supreme Court of New Jersey issued its unanimous opinion in Investors Bank v. Torres confirming that an assignee of a note lost by a predecessor in interest can enforce the lost note. The Supreme Court...more

Hinshaw & Culbertson - Consumer Crossroads

Legal Guidance Watch: Second Circuit Nostra Sponte Certifies a Series of Mortgage Lender Compliance Questions to New York Court of...

Hinshaw & Culbertson - Consumer Crossroads on

The Second Circuit recently certified two questions to the New York Court of Appeals regarding the requisite proof needed for borrowers to dispute the lender's compliance with New York Real Property Procedures and Acts...more

Carlton Fields

Real Property, Financial Services, & Title Insurance Update: Week Ending February 14, 2020

Carlton Fields on

Real Property Update - Foreclosure / Standing: Where plaintiff was substituted in as a party plaintiff after original note was filed with the court, introduction of original note bearing blank indorsement into evidence at...more

BCLP

2019 Year in Review for Financial Services Class Actions - Highlighted class action and regulatory developments

BCLP on

Focus areas included FCRA, Fair Lending, ancillary fees and services (such as lender placed flood insurance), TCPA, privacy and data security and other topics. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s Director Kathleen...more

Carlton Fields

Real Property, Financial Services, & Title Insurance Update: Week Ending January 17, 2020

Carlton Fields on

Real Property Update - Condition Precedent / Summary Judgment: Master association was not an owner of the condominium association and lacked standing to defend litigation based upon condominium association’s alleged...more

Carlton Fields

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

Carlton Fields on

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

Bilzin Sumberg

Appellate Court Tells CitiMortgage It Can’t Force “Repurchase” Of What No Longer Exists

Bilzin Sumberg on

A recent decision by the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit offers some vindication for mortgage companies still facing “repurchase” demands made by the banks to which they sold residential mortgages in the...more

ArentFox Schiff

Damages Under Dodd-Frank: Federal Court Awards CFPB $59 Million in Unprecedented Penalties and Restitution Analysis

ArentFox Schiff on

So much to say, so little time. Historically groundbreaking, a federal court in Madison, Wisconsin engaged in the most robust, methodical damages analysis under the Consumer Financial Protection Act, found in Title X of the...more

Carlton Fields

Real Property, Financial Services, & Title Insurance Update: July 22 - August 9, 2019

Carlton Fields on

Real Property Update - Quiet Title / Extinguishment: mortgage merged and ceased to be an encumbrance when the mortgage on land and the equity of redemption in the same land become united in the same person - Young Land...more

Carlton Fields

Real Property, Financial Services, & Title Insurance Update: Week Ending May 10, 2019

Carlton Fields on

Real Property Update - Ad Valorem Taxes: in a matter of first impression, county's immunity from taxation does not extend extraterritorially to property it owns in another Florida county - Joiner v. Pinellas Cnty., Fla.,...more

Carlton Fields

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

Carlton Fields on

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

BCLP

RESPA is a Shield, Not a Sword

BCLP on

In a case of first impression, the Fifth Circuit held that a defendant is not required to plead as an affirmative defense under the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act that it had complied with Section 1024.41 of the Code...more

Patton Sullivan Brodehl LLP

Not All Deed of Trust Attorney Fee Clauses are Created Equal

Patton Sullivan Brodehl LLP on

Lenders who prevail on claims arising from a deed of trust can always recover their attorney fees from the losing party as long as the deed of trust says something about fee recovery, right? It’s not that simple....more

Bilzin Sumberg

Jury, Not Judge, Must Decide Meaning of Representations

Bilzin Sumberg on

Last month, New York’s intermediate appellate court reversed a grant of summary judgment in favor of plaintiff MBIA Ins. Corp. MBIA, an insurer of RMBS trusts and a common plaintiff in this type of litigation, had sued Credit...more

Goodwin

Financial Services Weekly Roundup - September 2018

Goodwin on

Editor's Note - No Rest for the Regulators. While many in the financial services industry used the last few weeks of August to enjoy additional time with family and friends before the back-to-school crunch, federal...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Chris Lazarini Examines Statute of Limitations Related to Breach of Fiduciary Duty

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC on

Bass, Berry & Sims attorney Chris Lazarini examined a case of alleged breach of trust and breach of fiduciary duty against a bank acting as the indenture trustee related to a foreclosure action on defaulted mortgage revenue...more

70 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 3
Next »

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
Sign up Log in
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide