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BESCOS v. BANK OF AM.

Banking Law, Commercial Law, Consumer Protection Law
A vehicle lessee did not raise a triable issue of material fact that a lending institution was substantially involved in a leasing transaction, as to...

SECS. & EXCH. COMM'N v. SHARP CAPITAL, INC.

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Securities Law
The district court did not abuse its discretion in using a summary judgment-type proceeding to determine that a group of investors had no direct...

LASALLE TALMAN BANK, F.S.B. v. US

Banking Law, Contracts, Government Contracts, Remedies
The Court of Federal claims was correct in crediting actual profits after a breach implicit in enactment of the Financial Institutions Reform,...

JAVITCH v. FIRST UNION SECS., INC.

Banking Law, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Securities Law
An appointed receiver has asserted claims belonging to receivership entities, and is bound to arbitration agreements to the same extent that those...

HOUSEHOLD AUTOMOTIVE FIN. CORP. v. BURDEN

Banking Law, Bankruptcy Law, Contracts
The proper interest rate to be applied in a Chapter 13 "cram down" is the current conventional market rate used for similar loans in the region, and...

SHEA v. HOUSEHOLD BANK

Banking Law, Contracts, Consumer Protection Law, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
Plaintiff is not bound to arbitrate under the terms of an amendment to his credit card agreement where he expressly refused to be bound, and his...

MANDEL v. HOUSEHOLD BANK

Banking Law, Class Actions, Contracts, Consumer Protection Law, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
Although a term barring class arbitration is unconscionable and is stricken, an arbitration agreement is enforceable and binding on a plaintiff...

SECS. & EXCH. COMM'N v. SHARP CAPITAL, INC.

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Securities Law
The district court did not abuse its discretion in using a summary judgment-type proceeding to determine that a group of investors had no direct...

MORTGAGE ASSOCIATES, INC. v. FID. & DEPOSIT CO. OF MARYLAND, INC.

Banking Law, Contracts, Insurance Law, Landlord Tenant Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a mortgage lender's claims for coverage after losses caused by a fraudulent loan scheme involving lender employees, under its financial institution...

ZEISL v. WATMAN

Attorney's Fees, Banking Law, Civil Procedure, International Law
No basis exists for a finding that attorney's fees paid to lawyers, for services rendered in connection with the creation of a multi-billion dollar...