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McElroy v. Chase Manhattan Mortgage Corp.

Banking Law, Debt Collection, Property Law & Real Estate
Judgment of dismissal of plaintiffs' complaint in an action for quiet title, declaratory relief, and fraudulent foreclosure against their lender and a...

Frame v. PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Banking Law, Contracts, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Professional Malpractice, Property Law & Real Estate, Securities Law, White Collar Crime
Summary judgment for defendant, auditor, on a class action claim of aiding and abetting fraud is reversed where a triable issue of material fact as to...

AG Capital Funding v. State St. Bank

Banking Law, Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice, Securities Law
An underwriter or issuer of securities can, by statements and acts interpreted in light of industry custom and practice, assume a duty that may be...

Condrey v. SunTrust Bank of Ga.

Agriculture, Asset Forfeiture, Banking Law, Bankruptcy Law, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a contract and tort dispute regarding the disposition of assets of an agricultural equipment company, summary judgment for defendant is affirmed...

Spotts v. US

Banking Law, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Debt Collection, Family Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Tax Law
Summary judgment for defendant-I.R.S. in an action seeking to remove a nominee federal tax lien is reversed where the lower court did not apply state...

Stergiopoulos v. First Midwest Bancorp, Inc.

Banking Law, Consumer Protection Law
A lender's request for consumers' credit reports without the consumers' knowledge or explicit consent does not violate the Fair Credit Reporting Act.

Schwartz v. Visa

Banking Law, Consumer Protection Law
Judgment in favor of plaintiff's suit against a credit card company, alleging violations of the Unfair Competition Law (UCL), is reversed where recent...

U.S. Bank National Ass'n v. Clark

Banking Law, Debt Collection, Property Law & Real Estate
In separate foreclosure actions, defendants' counterclaims and affirmative defenses based on section 4.1a of the Illinois Interest Act are dismissed...

Texas State Bank v. US

Banking Law, Constitutional Law
The district court properly dismissed plaintiff-bank's suit which claimed that a Fifth Amendment taking occurred when the United States allegedly...

In re: Cooper Commons

Banking Law, Bankruptcy Law, Construction
A lender to a bankrupt condominium development may specify that post-petition loans it makes are to be used only for certain purposes.